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Preoperative Opioid Education: Total Knee And Total Hip Arthroplasty., Brittany Durbin

Doctor of Nursing Practice Papers

Opioids are commonly prescribed for the treatment of acute pain symptoms such as surgical pain. The United States is struggling to deal with abuse, misuse, and accidental death associated with prescription opioids. Lack of knowledge regarding safe opioid use is partly to blame for this crisis. The purpose of this evidence-based quality improvement project is to implement a dual-modality (written and spoken) opioid educational intervention to both health care providers and patients. Intended outcomes include increased opioid knowledge for providers yielding more effective opioid education to patients. A pre- and post-test design was used to evaluate provider knowledge and intent …