Chronic Low Back Pain: Care Along the Continuum--Long-Term Benefits of Spinal Cord Stimulation
Thank you for visiting the web-based CEU program for nurses and case managers. This CEU program provides education regarding interventional treatment options for chronic pain, including Spinal Cord Stimulation.
1.5 Contact Hours of Continuing Education have been approved for case managers by CCMC, CDMSC, and CRCC, and 2.0 Contact Hours for registered nurses by the California Board of Registered Nursing, with reciprocity from other states' board of nursing.
Course Objectives: Participants will be able to...
- Define spinal pain, historical perception, and its status along the continuum of care
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of spinal pain
- Identify current treatment options
- Describe the physiology of spinal cord stimulation (SCS)
- Assess long-term costs (and alternatives) of chronic pain treatment
Steps:
- View and/or download the Long-Term Benefits of Spinal Cord Stimulation resource material (Adobe PDF Viewer required).
- After reading the resource material, return to this page (http://www.controlyourpain.com/ceu) and click on "Take the Quiz" at the bottom.
- Enter your answers to the ten (10) questions, and click "Submit Your Answers":
- If your answers are 100% correct, click on "Continue" to print your verification form(s). Go to Step 4.
- For incorrect answer(s), the question(s) will appear in red. Review the reading material and click "Take The Test Again". The sequence of the questions will change when re-taking the quiz. When the answers are 100% correct, click on "Continue" to print your verification form(s). Go to Step 4.
- Mail your verification form(s) to the appropriate accrediting agency. Mailing instructions are shown on the verification form(s). Save the PDF verification form(s) on your computer, or make a photocopy for your records. Boston Scientific will keep records of your successful completion of this CEU program.
