title: Keep your patient safe during PCA.
abstract: Go beyond the push-button approach to patient-controlled analgesia and learn what it takes to keep him both safe and pain-free.
authors.affiliation: Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: D'Arcy
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D016058:Analgesia, Patient-Controlled / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D019296:Capnography / Q000451:nursing; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*