Background: In multiple countries including the United States of America (USA), 86% of patients experience postoperative pain. A gap exists between the evidence that supports the use of multimodal pain management including regional anesthesia and adoption of best practice among anesthesia providers. The use of regional anesthesia is an effective proven way to both reduce post-operative pain and decrease negative side effects of poorly controlled pain. Methodology: A regional anesthesia project such as this workshop seeks to identify if an in-person hands on workshop increases the knowledge of interscalene and adductor canal regional anesthesia blocks. Findings: As a group, student registered nurse anesthetist (SRNA) participants had a 13% increase in scores from the pretest to the posttest. All of the participants’ scored 100% on the regional anesthesia ultrasound check off portion of the workshop. All of the participants confidence levels increased from their pre workshop survey to their post workshop survey by at least 20%. All SRNA participants show ability to identify the revenue benefits of using regional anesthesia compared to traditional anesthesia methods. Conclusion: The findings from this workshop show that a regional anesthesia workshop can increase the knowledge and confidence of regional anesthesia, and this can be translated into future use of regional anesthesia.

Creator

• Jonathan Becker BSN, SRNA, USF DNP-NAP Student

Keyword

• regional anesthesia

• SRNA

• anesthesia

• student registered nurse anesthetist

• pain

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