Join Cool Science for Science on Tap every 2nd Monday of the month at Jack Quinn’s in downtown Colorado Springs. Presenters begin at 6:30 pm with food and drink available beginning at 6:00 pm. A wide variety of fascinating topics are presented by local scientists for informal discussion, and the relaxed atmosphere encourages anyone and everyone to come explore the latest ideas in science and technology. From practical to theoretical, the presentations and group interactions provide a fun and interesting way to gain an understanding of the world around us.
Next On Tap: May 14, 2018
Opioid Awareness: Every Pill Matters
“Today is My Day I Will Become an Addict,” are preposterous words, yet the realities in becoming addicted after taking opioids longer than eight days is 13.5% and almost 30% if used longer than 30 days (Shah, Hayes and Martin, 2017). I will provide an overview of the current opioid crisis, more importantly deliver information in the role and responsibility every individual can play in preventing further needless addictions. The quest to communicate culture change in methods of pain control and appropriate opioid utilization will be explored while emphasizing every life matters and questioning the real need for each pill.
Dr. Tami King-Latka is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner currently practicing in an acute pain setting assisting in pain palliation daily. She received her MSN as an Adult Nurse Practitioner from Seton Hall, returned to academia for a Post-Master’s Certificate as an Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner through Vanderbilt University in 2014. Recently completing her Doctoral Nurse Practitioner (DNP) at Regis University, her research study, “Opioid Awareness, Shaping Lives: One Mind, One Heart, One Pill at a Time” has directed needed attention for societal culture change, appropriate opioid utilization and ultimate goals of decreasing needless opioid overdose deaths.
“Today is My Day I Will Become an Addict,” are preposterous words, yet the realities in becoming addicted after taking opioids longer than eight days is 13.5% and almost 30% if used longer than 30 days (Shah, Hayes and Martin, 2017). I will provide an overview of the current opioid crisis, more importantly deliver information in the role and responsibility every individual can play in preventing further needless addictions. The quest to communicate culture change in methods of pain control and appropriate opioid utilization will be explored while emphasizing every life matters and questioning the real need for each pill.
Dr. Tami King-Latka is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner currently practicing in an acute pain setting assisting in pain palliation daily. She received her MSN as an Adult Nurse Practitioner from Seton Hall, returned to academia for a Post-Master’s Certificate as an Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner through Vanderbilt University in 2014. Recently completing her Doctoral Nurse Practitioner (DNP) at Regis University, her research study, “Opioid Awareness, Shaping Lives: One Mind, One Heart, One Pill at a Time” has directed needed attention for societal culture change, appropriate opioid utilization and ultimate goals of decreasing needless opioid overdose deaths.
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