ethical issues in this document (hyperlink below) titled: "orthopaedic

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patients' reporting of pain management' http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:_wilyIyuqvQJ:www.nursing-standard.co.uk/archives/ns/vol12-46/vol12w46p4347.pdf+orthopaedic+patients+reporting+o f+pain+management&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=uk

i'm actually so confused with what i have to do! please someone help me!!!!!!!!!!! :]

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I'm not sure where you find ethical issues. The article seems to be a simple investigation into the patient's report of perceived pain control using three forms of post operative pain management.

The results should have been expected. Both epidural and PCA analgesic methods provide a more constant release of medication at a low level, giving better pain control. IM injections give short acting medication which provides pain relief with significant peaks and valleys in the pain control levels.

There are no ethical issues, the issue is what is the best method for controlling post operative pain, and that is PCA or epidural analgesia. Of the two choices, I usually would prefer PCA analgesia in most cases as IV access is easier to obtain and maintain than epidural access. However, In lower body issues I find that epidural analgesia is quite effective.