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Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Treating Pain and Anxiety in
Patients:
Course
Description, Course
Objectives, Course Agenda
About the
Speaker, Continuing
Education Approvals
NOTE: Our new fax
number is 585-424-6982
Upcoming Seminar Dates and Locations
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Wednesday June 16, 2004
Seminar
8:00 AM to 3:30 PM
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Albany,
New York
The Desmond Hotel &
Conference Center
660 Albany-Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12211
Phone 518-869-8100
Free parking!
Free breakfast!
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Thursday June 17, 2004
Seminar
8:00 AM to 3:30 PM
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Springfield, Massachusetts
Holiday Inn Downtown Springfield
711 Dwight Street
Springfield, MA 01104
Phone 413-750-3107
Free parking!
Free breakfast!
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Friday June 18, 2004
Seminar
8:00 AM to 3:30 PM
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Boston, Massachusetts
Holiday Inn Newton
399 Grove Street
Newton, MA 02462
Phone 617-969-5300
Free parking!
Free breakfast!
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Pain is an epidemic in the
health care field. Unrelieved pain continues to be identified in
clinical practice and related research as exacerbating symptoms and
compromising recovery in many diagnoses. Addressing anxiety is also
important to accelerate healing, eliminate the significant effect
stress has on disease, and promote maximum self-care for patients.
Even though pharmacological products continue to be developed each
year to control and eliminate pain and anxiety, many patients are
still unable to find relief. Healthcare providers are pressured to
find effective ways to treat pain and anxiety while struggling with
increased caseloads, decreased length of stays in the hospital,
staff shortages, and reimbursement issues.
This unique program offers
a review of related literature on the detrimental effects of pain
and anxiety on multiple disease processes, both physically and
psychologically. An overview of three noninvasive techniques:
relaxation, imagery, and therapeutic touch, will guide the health
care practitioner in successful management of acute and chronic
pain, and anxiety. In addition, this seminar will focus on related
practices of meditation and journaling for an integrated approach to
health and wellness. The latest evidence-based research will be used
to support the use of these techniques. Participants will be able to
perform and teach these techniques to patients, and integrate them
successfully into their own personal and professional lives. Upon
completion of this course, not only will health care professionals
learn an evidence-based approach to treating pain and anxiety of
their patients, but will also learn strategies for themselves.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of
this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply a
patient centered approach to pain assessment and management in
your practice setting
- Describe
consequences that patients suffer as a result of ineffective pain
management
- List
parameters the nurse could use to assess anxiety in patients.
- Identify
intervention techniques appropriate in relieving sensations of
pain and anxiety.
- Analyze 3
case studies for appropriate interventions.
- Given case
scenarios, the participants will develop a plan of care using
appropriate interventions.
- Identify
direct stressors for health care professionals that result in
pain, anxiety, and burnout.
- Identify
interventions to promote wellness and improve work performance for
the health care provider.
- Describe
journaling techniques that include patients in the treatment and
discharge planning process.
- Identify key
practices to develop a healing partnership with patients.
- Present a
patient empowered model of care in everyday practice.
Who should attend:
COURSE
AGENDA
7:30-8:00 Registration and breakfast
8:00-8:40 Pain Assessment
8:40-9:20 Consequences of pain and
anxiety
9:20-10:00 Intervention techniques
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Intervention techniques (cont.)
11:15-11:30 Case studies
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:30 Case studies (cont.)
1:30-1:50 Professional stressors
1:50-2:05 Break
2:05-2:45 Professional interventions
2:45-3:15 Empowerment model
3:15-3:30 Questions and answers
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marjorie Baker Price, RN, BSN,
Certified Hypnotherapist and Level III Reiki Master, received her
Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the State University of NY
College at Brockport, her certification in hypnotherapy from the
Hypnodyne Institute, and her certification as a Level III Reiki
Master from the Usui school of Reiki. She is a psychiatric nurse
clinician with over 9 years of experience at the University of
Rochester Medical Center Strong Memorial Hospital specializing in
behavioral inpatient, community mental health chronic care and
emergency psychiatric care. She has coordinated psychiatric and
hospice discharge planning and patient care for rural community
health. In addition, she has developed stress management and
recovery programs for a new outpatient alcoholism treatment center.
She has taught at the State University of New York College at
Brockport School of Nursing, Nazareth College Center for Lifelong
Learning and St. John Fisher College community education center.
Since 1987, she has presented numerous staff development seminars
through her current integrated practice of 17 years,
CenteringTM,
on relaxation, visualization, hypnosis, therapeutic journaling, and
Reiki. She has presented at Planned Parenthood, the Red Cross, the
American Heart Association, the Brighton Teacher Center, the New
York State Nurses Association, and the International American
Imagery Conference. She has authored a nationally acclaimed series
of audio guided meditation and self-hypnosis tapes and several
related books and self-study courses, and is a featured columnist
with Nature’s Wisdom magazine. She presents numerous related
workshops nationwide on self-healing, wellness, recovery therapies,
goal achievement, creative expression and empowerment, as well as
counseling and consulting for individuals and small groups.
Continuing Educational Approvals
Contact Hours: 7.2
Massachusetts: This continuing nursing education activity has
been approved by the Massachusetts Association of Registered
Nurses, Inc (MARN), which is an accredited approver of nursing
continuing education by the American Nurses Credential Center’s
Commission on Accreditation.
New York: This continuing
nursing education activity has been approved
by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing
Education which is an accredited approver of nursing continuing
education by the American Nurses Credential Center’s Commission on
Accreditation.
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