Integrative Therapies for Pain- Virtual Training

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Description

This training introduces evidence-based approaches that complement conventional pain management strategies. Participants will learn to incorporate at least two integrative therapies into a multimodal treatment plan to enhance patient outcomes. The training also explores common barriers to implementing these therapies in clinical settings and practical solutions to overcome them. This course supports a holistic, patient-centered approach to pain care.

Intended audience

Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.

Speakers

Julie Celentano, Lic.Ac, M.Ac,MPH

Julie practices as a clinical staff acupuncturist in family medicine and the employee wellness clinics at Boston Medical Center. Previously, she worked as an acupuncturist in the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) program at Fenway Health. Julie is passionate about integrating acupuncture into substanceuse disorder treatment plans to help reduce anxiety, depression and cravings while improving sleep, program adherence and retention.

Nicole Lincoln, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CCNS

Nicole Lincoln, an APRN with a nursing career that spans decades, is a founding member and Executive Sponsor of the Integrative Nursing Council and Fellowship at Boston Medical Center. The Fellows and Council Members are passionate about integrating Holistic Nursing modalities into the standard of care, promoting self-care and resiliency for staff, and on providing therapies like reiki, mindfulness, music, art, and aromatherapy to patients.

Tim Murphy, BSN, RN

Timothy is an ICU nurse at Boston Medical Center. Over the years, he has gain competence in and has incorporate integrative medicine in his nursing practice. In addition to his role as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, he co-leads the Integrative Nursing Council, which has brought innovative, evidence-based, holistic nursing practices and integrative medicine into not only patient care but also care for his fellow nurses. Murphy’s practice combines conventional medical treatments with complementary, non-pharmacological therapies, including mind-body interventions and stress management methods, such as mindfulness, meditation, and Reiki.

Objectives

At the end of this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least two evidence-based integrative therapies used in the management of pain.
• Describe ways to utilize integrative therapies as part of a multimodal treatment plan for pain management.
• List barriers to implementation of integrative pain management strategies in clinical practice and potential solutions.

Sponsored by

Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)

Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).