Routine Orders for Pain Management in PACU

Oct 23, 2008 10:16 AM

by eslois

Hi there,

I am new to the forum and was wondering what you guys are seeing as far as routine pain management orders for patients with no contraindications to standard IV MSO4 or dilaudid doses?

Thanks,
ESL

pacunurse12 · Nov 08, 2008, 08:20 PM

Re: Routine Orders for Pain Management in PACU

our anesthesiologist and crnas have a set of written orders that they fill out for us and indications/contraindications are listed on them..hope this helps...darlene

eslois · Nov 10, 2008, 04:40 PM

Re: Routine Orders for Pain Management in PACU

Thanks, that helps. What mg range and frequency are you seeing for IV MSO4?

pacunurse12 · Nov 12, 2008, 01:41 PM

Re: Routine Orders for Pain Management in PACU

these orders are indiviualized per patient ranging from 2-4 mg q 5-10 min titrate to the effect, dilaudid 0.5 q 5 min max of 2 mg, most are all titrated to the effect, demerol 12.5 - 25 mg q 5 up to 75-100 mg..these are all adult doses..children are calculated per kg..

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Routine Orders for Pain Management in PACU

Routine Orders for Pain Management in PACU

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