Table 3.
Web Based Resources for Nurses
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Guidelines; Specific guidelines include Cancer pain management and chronic non cancer pain. AHRQ provides several free continuing education events in the areas of comparative effectiveness, quality and patient safety, and prevention/care management | Free |
| City of Hope Palliative Care Resource Web Site * This web page contains a collection of links to a broad range of resources for the assessment and treatment of pain. Although the primary focus of the site is palliative care, it provides a significant number of links to general pain management resources. | Pain Resource Nurse (PRN)training program is associated with fee |
| Nurse.com features a variety of educational programs including pain management. http://ce.nurse.com/pain-management | Contact hours awarded, some educational activities are free, fee for CEU's variable for specific courses. |
| Geriatric Pain website; http://ce.nurse.com/pain-management ; this site also includes Geriatric ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) - a national end-of-life educational program administered by the City of Hope National Medical Center (COH) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) | The web site is made possible by generous funding from The Mayday Fund |
| American Academy of Pain Management online education center; Two free programs with CEU: Improving the Quality of Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Mind, Body, Spirit Solutions: An Integrative Approach to Fibromyalgia; however many additional programs available for fee | This site offers a host of Continuing Education opportunities. Cost for Nurses to become members in Academy is $225 |
| The American Society for Pain Management Nursing is an organization of professional nurses dedicated to promoting and providing optimal care of individuals with pain, including the management of its sequelae. This is accomplished through education, standards, advocacy, and research. There are a variety of position papers downloaded for free | This site offers educational programs, Cost for active members is $125 |
| American Chronic Pain Association; This organization facilitates peer support and education for individuals with chronic pain and their families so that these individuals may live more fully in spite of their pain; http://theacpa.org/Pain-Management-Programs | Free site for patients and families of those with chronic pain |
| American Pain Society; offers a variety of clinical practice guidelines for free | Variable cost for membership depending on annual income |
| The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is the leading professional forum for science, practice, and education in the field of pain. Membership in IASP is open to all professionals involved in research, diagnosis or treatment of pain; http://www.iasp-pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Nursing | Variable cost depending on annual income |
| National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization; a variety of eweb based educational programs are available; http://www.nhpco.org/education/online-learning | Fee for membership, variable cost for educational programs depending on membership |
| National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health; NCCAM is offering free, comprehensive video-lectures about research in complementary health approaches. Topics range from mind-body pain therapies to acupuncture; http://nccam.nih.gov/ | Free video-lectures; clinical practice guidelines, for health professionals, also offers information for patients available free |
| National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines; offers adult cancer pain guidelines; http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/f_guidelines.asp#pain | Requires registration on line, no fee |
| Unites States Department of Veterans Affairs; VHA pain management site: This website facilitates effective pain management by providing convenient, centralized access to resources for the provision of pain services within the VA healthcare system. The intended users of this site are veterans, veterans' family members, caregivers, VA administrators, clinicians, and researchers who have an interest in any aspect of pain management; http://www.va.gov/PAINMANAGEMENT/Clinical_Resources.asp | Free educational resources including clinical tools, clinical practice guidelines |