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Goals and Learning Outcomes

For many postoperative patients, the primary method of controlling pain is through patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). This computerized pump can deliver several pain medications according to an order written by a healthcare professional. However, PCA is not without risks. Nurses should employ all safety measures to ensure that PCA errors are avoided.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Name the three patient safety issues involving PCA
  • Describe three actions that can reduce adverse PCA-related events
  • Discuss the role of the nurse in maintaining PCA safety for patients
  • Name the three patient safety issues involving PCA and three actions that can reduce the occurrence of adverse PCA-related events.
  • Identify patients who are not good candidates for PCA.
  • Determine the criteria for deciding if a patient is opioid naïve or opioid-tolerant.

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/24

Course Originally Released On: 10/01/21

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Accreditation Information

NURSES

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.