A Comparison Study—Oral Patient-Controlled Analgesia Versus Traditional Delivery of Pain Medication Following Orthopaedic Procedures

CONCLUSION:
The oral PCA saved 84% of the nursing time to administer each dose of PRN medication manually. These data provide evidence that the oral PCA device would reduce the nursing time to deliver a single dose of PRN oral pain medication.

Source: Orthopaedic Nursing - September 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research