• Orthopaedic nursing · Jul 1999

    Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial

    Improving pain management after total joint replacement surgery.

    • J J Neitzel, E H Miller, M F Shepherd, and M Belgrade.
    • Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
    • Orthop Nurs. 1999 Jul 1; 18 (4): 37-45, 64.

    PurposeTo test the effects of implementing evidence-based postoperative pain management content and strategies on patient, provider (nurse and physician), and fiscal outcomes.Sample118 patients, 57 before and 61 after implementation, having total knee replacement (TKR) (54%) and total hip replacement (THR) (45%), and 28 orthopaedic nurses.MethodsA research utilization approach with a pretest/posttest design was used. Independent variables (interventions) included evidence-based pain management content, education of care providers and patients, and system changes at the point of care. Dependent variables (outcomes) were patient perception of the postoperative pain experience, provider practice patterns, and length of stay (LOS).FindingsThe hypotheses of decreased provider use of meperidine and increased use of hydromorphone, i.v. route, pain plans of care, and nurse knowledge were supported. LOS was significantly reduced. The patient hypotheses decreased pain intensity and side effects and increased satisfaction and function were not supported.ConclusionMethodical implementation of evidence-based pain management information changed practice and fiscal outcomes. Improvement in the patient perception of pain management was more difficult to achieve.

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