Empowering Patients: Partnering in Pain Management Using Medication on Demand

The nurse must screen the patient, and postoperative cesarean patients must be selected for MOD using the following criteria: the patient must be awake and alert and able to accept the device responsibilities; have no swallowing difficulties or trouble taking pills; have no history of drug abuse or drug seeking; and have no physical disability to prevent the device being used. The nurse must continue to assess the patient's pain relief and document it. The nurse must document the remaining tablets in the kit at shift change and must continue to relieve the patient's pain with nonmedication pain relief measures, such as splinting the incision and proper positioning. Security is a priority. The device IV pole clamp can only be loosened using a special locking wrench. The confirmation screen requires an RN to verify that the order is correctly entered and to give the patient a secure identification band to keep unauthorized users away from accessing the device.