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Learning Objectives
Discuss characteristics of appropriate and inappropriate opioid prescribing and contributory factors to both.
Outline the appropriate periodic review and monitoring of patients prescribed opioid analgesics.
Describe necessary components of patient/caregiver education for prescribed opioid analgesics, including guidance on the safe use and disposal of medications.
Analyze how culture, race and ethnicity influence how pain is defined, expressed, and experienced.