Please consider joining us at Lurie on March 18th for a joint workshop with NAPNAP focused on Controlled Substances. 

Registration is through the NAPNAP website      https://www.napnap.org/registering-easy

Sunday, March 18

9 a.m.–5 p.m. (6.0 contact hours)

Pain Treatment & the Opioid Crisis: What You Need to Know (Rx) (CS) (AC) Available in registration as a full day or half day workshop - a.m. or p.m. Offered by Lurie Children's Hospital and NAPNAP.

9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Morning Session: Pharmacology and Policy Updates (3.0 contact hours)

• APRN Prescriptive Authority Across the Country — Linda Zekas, MSN, APN, NNP-BC, CPNP-PC, CWON and Kristin Hittle Gigli, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN
• Making Sense of Opioid Prescriptive Authority for APRNs: A Case Study Approach — Linda Zekas, MSN, APN, NNP-BC,CPNP-PC, CWON and Kristin Hittle Gigli, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN
• The Opioid Crisis: Implications for Pediatric Pain Management— Ravi Shah, MD

1:30–5 p.m. Afternoon Session: Pharmacology and Substance Abuse (3.0 contact hours)

• Pharmacology and Clinical Use of Pain Medication — Sukhraj (Raj) Mudahar, PharmD, BCPS and Tom Moran, PharmD, BCPS
• Substance Abuse — Frances Langon, MD
• Speaking with Patients and Parents about Opioids and Chronic Pain ​— ​​Renee Manworren, APN and Erin Hoeman, APN​

Additional registration fee is required. $125 for full day; $75 for a.m. or p.m. session only. Breakfast will be provided to all morning session participants. Lunch on own.

Note: This workshop will be held at: Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E. Chicago Ave., 11th floor conference center (located 0.9 miles from Hyatt Regency Chicago – NAPNAP’s headquarter hotel.)