Patient-controlled analgesia--eliminating errors.
Competency requirements were used to identify programming errors associated with patient-controlled analgesia therapy. A tool was developed to evaluate staff; all programming errors were eliminated after staff completed a series of educational sessions.
Eade
D M
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Education and Development Department, Genesee Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA.
D016058:Analgesia, Patient-Controlled; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*