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CE442
1.0 hr Knocking Out Pain Safely with PCA

Yvonne D’Arcy, CRNP, MS, CNS

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Course Objectives: The goal of this program is to provide information about the safety of PCA by discussing patient selection, PCA by proxy, and human and mechanical programming errors. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
  • Name the three patient safety issues involving PCA.
  • Describe three actions that can reduce adverse events with PCA.
  • Discuss the role of the nurse in maintaining PCA safety for patients.


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