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Article: New Survey Reveals Nurses and Patients See Limitations of Commonly Used Method of Postoperative Pain Management.
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- PR Newswire
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- February 13, 2007
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Findings point to need for improved routes of administration for greater ease of use, comfort
CHERRY HILL, N.J., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the belief that intravenous patient-controlled analgesia pumps, also referred to as IV PCA, are a good way to deliver postoperative pain medication, nurses and surgical patients agreed that IV PCA can hinder patient care, recovery time and comfort. The findings are from a new survey, which included 351 nurses and 507 patients, conducted for the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) in partnership with Ortho-McNeil, Inc.
An IV PCA pump, which tethers a patient to an IV pole and equipment through an ...