ASPMN Western Region Chapter

ASPMN Western Region Chapter Pain Management CE Day

PIH Health Whittier Hospital
12401 Washington Boulevard
Whittier, CA 90602

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 8:30am PT - 3:15pm PT

12401 Washington Boulevard, Whittier, CA 90602

Info

Topic

Pain Management Pharmacology, Caring for Professional Caregivers: Addressing Moral Distress Caring for

Credits Offered

This event offers 5.0 CEU credits to attendees (1.9 pharmacology) .
Accreditation Info: BRN Provider, PIH Health approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 00261.

Additional Information

Please join us for an informative and fun day to learn more about caring for patients experiencing pain. Registration is open! Additional information about topics will be added very soon!

Speakers

Melissa Durham
Melissa Durham PharmD MACM APh BCACP

Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Associate Dean of Organizational Success and Well-being
USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy

Expert in community-based patient care, pain management, and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic. Over a decade of experience in health professional education, curricular development, and assessment. Gifted clinician, educator, scholar, and speaker.

Shirley Otis-Green
Shirley Otis-Green MSW, MA, ACSW, LCSW, OSW-CE, FNAP, FAOSW

Founder of Collaborative Caring. Co-editor of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work

Committed. Passionate. Creative. I'm dedicated to enhancing excellence in the delivery of culturally-congruent, person-centered and family-focused interprofessional care. My education, research and consultation efforts focus on quality-of-life, palliative care, leadership development and the creation of meaningful organizational change. I've been the Principal Investigator on studies with over $3.3 million in external funding, including the ACE Project and ExCEL in Social Work. My work has been recognized with numerous awards and disseminated through more than 100 publications and 400 professional presentations. I'm on several editorial boards, I'm a Distinguished Social Work Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice and co-editor of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work.

Pamela Bolyanatz
Pamela Bolyanatz MS, APRN, FNP, AP-PMN

Palliative Care NP
End-of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Trainer
ASPMN National Board Member

Registration will be opening soon!

Registration for this event opens
Monday, February 2, 2026 at 10:00am PT