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“Treatment of pain is a fundamental human right yet sadly, there is an enormous gap between the care people require and what happens in practice.”
“43.5% of the UK population experience chronic pain.”
“Guidance provided by the General Medical Council (GMC) on good medical practice, highlights the importance of providing care which takes all possible measures to alleviate pain and distress. NICE safe staffing guidelines recognise a delay of more than 30 minutes in providing pain relief as a nursing red flag event, suggesting insufficient staffing levels. Of those people who experienced pain during their hospital stay, 67% felt staff ‘definitely’ did everything they could to help control their pain. A further 25% responded ‘yes, to some extent’, while 8% responded ‘no’.”
“The pandemic has had a very significant impact on the ability of most services to provide multidisciplinary pain management”
This important national conference provides an essential update for current and aspiring nurse prescribers on prescribing for pain. Pain is a growing area of non medical prescribing and one of the most common areas. This make it essential that nurse prescribers maintain the competence and skills to prescribe for pain in an effective way, working with patients to improve pain outcomes both in the inpatient setting and the community .
The conference will discuss the role of the Prescribing Competency Framework in supporting the nurse pain prescribing standard. Through national updates and extended interactive practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence, and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will also update delegates on the 2020 NICE Draft Guideline on Chronic Pain, and on current developments with regard to opioid prescribing
“Opioids continue to be an important part of perioperative care, however it is important that they are used safely in order to minimise harms associated with persistent use”
Why attend?
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improving nurse prescribing for pain
- Learn from outstanding practice in management of pain
- Reflect on Pain management and some of its many facets through case presentation
- Develop your skills in pain assessment
- Understanding how outcome scales and measures can improve your service
- Learn how to use the National Prescribing Competency Framework
- Understand how to effectively develop, demonstrate and maintain continued competence in Prescribing for Pain
- Reflect on lessons from experts in nurse prescribing for specific case study areas with in depth interactive sessions focusing on Pain and opioids: approaches to minimise risks, Chronic Pain, Inpatient Pain, Pain in the Older Person, Cancer and End of Life Care Pain
- Implications of the 2020 draft NICE guidance for assessment and management of chronic pain
- Working with patients with co-morbidity
- Identify key strategies for improving nurse prescribing practice for pain
- Develop your role and confidence as a nurse prescriber
- Self assess, reflect and expand your skills in prescribing practice whilst understanding your limits of practice
