Key result
An acute pain team developed protocols and training to establish a nurse-led service for providing preoperative femoral nerve blocks to patients with fractured neck of femur.
Population
Patients with fractured neck of femur (typically older, frail, with multiple co-morbidities)
Design
Other
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Nurse-led femoral nerve blocks appear feasible for hip fracture analgesia in this pilot; larger trials needed before practice change.
Describes the establishment of a nurse-led femoral nerve block service for preoperative pain management in patients with hip fractures.
Mandy Layzell (2007) studied Fractured neck of femur. Nurse-led femoral nerve block service was evaluated. An acute pain team developed protocols and training to establish a nurse-led service for providing preoperative femoral nerve blocks to patients with fractured neck of femur.
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