Analgesia: under patient control
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Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was launched in the U.S. more than 10 years ago, but has only recently been made available in the U.K. It has since been proved that PCA reduces patients' anxiety and improves pain control. PCA pumps consist of a timer and a syringe pump that delivers a measured amount of analgesia when the patient presses a button. PCA is most frequently used following an operation, but has also been used in areas such as childbirth, terminally ill patients and burns cases.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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Educational developments for the practice nurse specialty
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Practice nurses have expressed specific learning needs but face barriers toattending more than one day task-based courses. Training and practice is often mismatchedleading to some practice nurses performing tasks for which they are overqualified, and othersundertaking taks for which they have no formal training. Several FHSAs and higher educationinstitutes have been assessing learning needs and have developed educational programmes forpractice nurses.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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