Spinal narcotics Implications for nursing

Abstract

Interest in pain control has resulted in considerable study of the various techniques for providing analgesia. One such technique that is growing in popularity is the use of spinal narcotics (injection of narcotics either into the subarachnoid or epidural space). Spinal narcotics are used in the treatment of chronic or acute pain whether it be due to surgery, trauma or disease process (Buckley, 1987).