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About the Course

Palliative Care Pediatric Pain Basics, is a state-of-the-art eLearning resource consisting of five (5) modules covering the evaluation and management of pain in pediatric patients in hospice and palliative care.

Palliative Care Pediatric Pain Basics modules are:

  • Self-paced
  • Interactive
  • Structured with shorts bursts of information
  • Engaging, with learning activities such as case studies and videos
  • Eligible for NCPD hours and Pharm credits

Palliative Care Pediatric Pain Basics includes five modules created by Advanced Practice Registered Nurses that cover pain definitions/classifications, pain assessment, pharmacologic pain management, non-pharmacological pain management, and cultural considerations. 

Complete all five modules to earn 5.0 NCPD Contact hours and 1.0 NP/CNS ANCC Category 1 Designated Pharmacotherapeutic credit hour.


This gives the individual user access to five (5) modules which are detailed below.

Free for members
$100 for non-members

POLARIS Pediatric Pain was funded by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation through generous grant support from the Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation, the Kanarek Family Foundation, and the Lord Foundation.

Group Purchases

Group purchase options are available through the Employer Partner Program. Contact EPPartnership@hpna.org or 412-282-8206 to learn more.