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Date: Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Time: 11:00 am ET

Presented and Developed by: Jillian Baer, PharmD, CGP, BCPS, Senior Manager, Client Education, excelleRx, Inc.

Activity Learning Objectives: After participation in this continuing education program, the participant will be able to complete the following program learning objectives:

1. Describe the approaches to opioid dosing for both opioid-naive and opioid-tolerant patients.
2. Recognize when it is necessary to consider opioid titration and how to appropriately titrate the opioid.
3. Identify common clinical scenarios that may warrant a need for opioid rotation.
4. Discuss conversion between different opioid analgesics, dosage formulations and routes of administration, given a pain management case scenario.
5. Identify common monitoring parameters that are necessary when initiating or changing an existing opioid regimen.

Target Audience: This program was developed for the novice nursing professional and healthcare practitioner.  However, more experienced practitioners are welcome to participate and may find this program to be a helpful refresher.

Schedule of Activities:

• Introduction - 5 minutes
• Main presentation - 50 to 55 minutes

No registration required. Just join in!

Log onto Xeris and click on "Education Materials" in the left navigation bar.  Look under "Continuing Nurse Education On-line" then "June 2010 CNE Program" to find the following:

• Toll-free number and access code for joining the audio portion
• Online link to access the web portion of the conference
• Program related education materials available for download
• Electronic post-test (submission required with score of 70% or higher for CE credit)

Important reminder: Programs will start promptly. Login time is 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.

Questions? Contact HP Customer Service Team at 1-866-670-8162