title: Nurse-administered femoral nerve block after hip fracture.
abstract: Hip fracture is a common injury that predominantly affects older people. Pain following fracture of the neck of the femur is present throughout the illness trajectory, including the preoperative and postoperative periods. This article describes how nurses at one trust implemented an innovative nurse-administered femoral nerve block service.
authors.affiliation: Erewash PCT, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D005267:Femoral Nerve; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000451:nursing*; D010146:Pain