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America is currently facing an opioid epidemic that continues to take lives due to overdose. An estimated 2 million Americans are dependent on prescription pain pills and street drugs. Although opioids are prescribed to treat chronic pain, the outcomes for these patients are often poor. Although acute surgical pain often requires opioids postoperatively to relieve suffering, opioids are commonly misused by the patient even months after surgery. In order to prevent individu¬als from progressing to long-term opioid use, there is an urgent need to better determine the predictors of long-term opioid use, specifically for neurosurgery and orthopedic patients.

Learning Outcome(s):

1. Identify patient characteristics that predict long-term opioid use after an orthopedic or neurosurgery procedure. 

Blaire Bemel, BSN, RN, PHN, CCRN

Nicholas Stalter, BS

Michelle A. Mathiason, MS

Ratan Banik, MD, PhD

Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, MSc, RN, FAMIA

Accreditation Information:
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 

AANA is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP #10862.

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