• J Intraven Nurs · Sep 1991

    Review

    Narcotic infusions--a changing scene.

    • B St Marie.
    • J Intraven Nurs. 1991 Sep 1; 14 (5): 334-44.

    AbstractControlling patients' pain is no longer a luxury in health care. Studies have shown that pain can cause physical harm. A better understanding of the pain pathway has enabled health care professionals to control pain more effectively. Development of pain control techniques that include patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) and intraspinal infusions of narcotics and local anesthetic agents has enhanced the level of pain control. Fewer side effects and decreased narcotic use are among the advantages demonstrated with PCA and intraspinal infusions. Side effects can be minimized and complications reduced when nursing can intervene during narcotic infusions. The role of the intravenous nurse is expanding into the area of pain management as educator and clinical practitioner.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…