Open AccessApplying healthcare failure mode and effect analysis to patient pain management in the anesthesia recovery period
Author(s) -
Zhaoping Xue,
Hongyan Li,
Rui-Tong Guan,
Si Chen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chinese nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2468-6972
pISSN - 2095-7718
DOI - 10.1016/j.cnre.2015.12.004
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , visual analogue scale , anesthetic , pain management , acute pain
ObjectiveTo standardize pain management in the anesthesia recovery period and improve the effects of analgesia on acute postoperative pain.MethodsUsing healthcare failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA), we analyzed the primary cause of patients' pain and subsequently determined the process and risk priority number (RPN).ResultsActions were taken to improve patients' pain. After using HFMEA, the experimental group's visual analog scale (VAS) scores were lower than those of the control group at 1 h and at discharge from the post-anesthetic intensive care unit (PAICU). The differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05).ConclusionsThe application of failure mode and effect analysis can relieve pain and improve the quality of nursing