Publisher: Clarion, Pa. : Clarion University of Pennsylvania ; Edinboro, Pa. : Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2016.

Publication Date: 2017

Format: 1 online resource (v, 50 pages).

Description:

Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) face physical challenges due to pain. Osteoarthritis of the knee joint can be treated surgically with a total knee replacement (TKR). After surgical intervention with TKR, optimizing a patient's pain control for promotion of early ambulation is important. Femoral nerve block (FNB) is one method that has been shown to reduce postoperative pain. A non-experimental, comparative case-control study was conducted to compare pain levels and the length of stay (LOS) for FNB versus non-FNB TKR patients. A convenience sample of 20 FNB and 20 non-FNB patients was obtained. The physical context of Katharine Kolcaba's comfort theory served as the conceptual framework in this study.