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Multimodal Analgesia: Educating Postoperative Nursing, Ira Woodruff, James Keenan
Multimodal Analgesia: Educating Postoperative Nursing, Ira Woodruff, James Keenan
DNP Scholarly Projects
Abstract
Background: Although anesthesia professionals are familiar with this multimodal analgesia, a need remains in educating nurses who will take care of the patients postoperatively so that multimodal techniques may be continued while minimizing opioid use.
Purpose: The purpose of this scholarly doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) project is to validate components of an educational program detailing multimodal analgesia so that postoperatively, nurses may continue to utilize similar techniques for patients to minimize opioid exposure.
Design: A quality improvement project using cross sectional data collection with a focus on provider education was conducted.
Instrumentation: Survey quantitative …