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CANCELLED- Pain Management for Seniors

  • 06 Feb 2020
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, 850 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
  • 44

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This lecture in the Purple Pathways Series will focus on pain management and the elderly patient. Specifically, the topics will focus on chronic pain, non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions to control pain, safe medication practices, disposal of old medications, and warning signs that loved ones may not be taking their pain medication correctly and how to intervene.     



Speaker Information:  

Kristie Berkstresser PhD, RN, CNE, BC


Dr. Kristie Berkstresser has more than 25 years’ experience working with geriatric patients in numerous roles from bedside nurse through administration. She has been certified as a Gerontological Nurse from American Nurses Credentialing Center since 1997. Dr. Berkstresser has spoken on a number of geriatric topics to healthcare professionals and lay persons. She has reviewed textbooks focused on the care of the geriatric patient. 



For directions to Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences click here. Once on campus, please park in the Cooper Lot and enter through the Cooper Building Main Entrance. For a parking and entrance map click here.

 


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