Prepare to pass the PMGT-BC Exam!

  • COURSE OVERVIEW

    This is the 2025 Pain Management Nursing Certification (PMGT-BC) Review E-Course. It is 13 hours of evidence-based content based on the most recent exam content outline.

  • CONTACT HOURS: 13

    Nurse Builders is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurse Builders is a CA CE Provider #15118. Nurse Builders is a CE Provider # 50-9679 for: AR, DC, FL, GA, KY, ND, NM, SC, WV.

  • INSTRUCTOR

    Dr. Melissa Cole is both a clinician and an educator. She has been a registered nurse for over 37 years and an adult geriatric nurse practitioner for over 8 years. Her current experiences include working as a nurse educator for a graduate nursing program and as a telehealth nurse practitioner. Throughout her nursing career, she has worked in labor and delivery, high‑risk obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency room, surgery, telemetry, diabetes management, public health, hospice, and home health care. Her current passion and expertise are in caring for the elderly and disabled populations in both inpatient and outpatient settings, specifically those suffering from health inequities and social determinants of health.

Course curriculum

    1. PMGT-BC Review E-Course - Learning Outcome, Completion Criteria, Expiration Date, Disclosures, and Accreditation

    2. Course Content Outline

    3. Speaker Bio and Course Objectives

    4. References

    1. Handout - Session 1

    2. Course and Exam Overview

    3. Test Taking Techniques

    4. Practice Questions: Test Taking Techniques

    1. Handout - Session 2, Part 1

    2. Session 2, Part 1: Fundamentals of Pain Management “The Basics”

    3. Practice Questions: Session 2, Part 1

    4. Handout - Session 2, Part 2

    5. Session 2, Part 2: Pain Sensitization, Pain Theories, and Effects of Pain

    6. Practice Questions: Session 2, Part 2

    1. Handout - Session 3, Part 1

    2. Session 3, Part 1: Influences on Pain

    3. Practice Questions: Session 3, Part 1

    4. Handout - Session 3, Part 2

    5. Session 3, Part 2: Risk Factors and Pain

    6. Practice Questions: Session 3, Part 2

    7. Handout - Session 3, Part 3

    8. Session 3, Part 3: Assessment & Diagnosis of Pain

    9. Practice Questions: Session 3, Part 3

    1. Handout - Session 4, Part 1

    2. Session 4, Part 1: Integrative/Complementary Therapies & Psychosocial Interventions

    3. Practice Questions: Session 4, Part 1

    4. Handout - Session 4, Part 2

    5. Session 4, Part 2: Pharmacology Review

    6. Practice Questions: Session 4, Part 2

    7. Handout - Session 4, Part 3

    8. Session 4, Part 3: Pharmacological Pain Management: Non-Opioid Treatment

    9. Practice Questions: Session 4, Part 3

    10. Handout - Session 4, Part 4

    11. Session 4, Part 4: Pharmacological Opioids and Special Populations

    12. Practice Questions: Session 4, Part 4

    13. Handout - Session 4, Part 5

    14. Session 4, Part 5: Cannabinoids and Interventional Pain Management

    15. Practice Questions: Session 4, Part 5

    16. Handout - Session 4, Part 6

    17. Session 4, Part 6: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia

    18. Practice Questions: Session 4, Part 6

    19. Handout - Session 4, Part 7

    20. Session 4, Part 7: Persistent Pain

    21. Practice Questions: Session 4, Part 7

    22. Handout - Session 4, Part 8

    23. Session 4, Part 8: Emergency Pain Management and Substance Use Disorder

    24. Practice Questions: Session 4, Part 8

    1. Handout - Session 5

    2. Session 5: Professional Practice

    3. Practice Questions: Session 5

About this course

  • $189.00
  • 51 lessons
  • 11.5 hours of video content