1 Monakshi Sawhney is an assistant professor at Queen's University in Kingston, ON, Canada. Sherida Chambers is a clinical manager at Humber River Hospital in Toronto, ON. Feliks Hysi is a clinical educator at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, ON.
Short-term epidural analgesia is effective for postoperative pain, procedural pain, trauma pain, and labor pain. This article describes the skills, procedures, and nursing care required for removing a short-term, temporary epidural catheter.