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Table 4 Nursing workload relief and satisfaction in the ward

From: Enhanced preoperative education about continuous femoral nerve block with patient-controlled analgesia improves the analgesic effect for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty and reduces the workload for ward nurses

 

Group A (n = 30)

Group B (n = 30)

P-Values

Patients using PCA-related nurse call

15/15

7/23

0.032

Nursing satisfaction

 1

18 (60%)

28 (93.3%)

0.003

 2

2 (6.7%)

0 (0%)

 3

10 (33%)

2 (6.7%)

  1. Values are reported as n and (percentages). PCA Patient-controlled analgesia
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