Safe & Effective Procedural Sedation

Remember when we used to call it "Conscious Sedation?"

Providing safe and effective care for patients undergoing procedures with local anesthesia and intravenous medications for their physical and psychological comfort is a challenging part of our practice.

Changing terminology reflects changes in practice driven by the increasing number of such cases done each year and the evolving responsibilities of nursing roles in these procedures. New definitions and standards are being promulgated by groups such as AORN,ASA and the Joint Commission.

Is your practice ready to evolve?

Our case-based discussion will focus on topics such as:

• Strategies for patient selection, assessment and preparation
• Rational titration of medication
• Planning for Safety
• Making sense of monitoring
• Rapid response to adverse events
• Creating effective documentation
• Risk management strategies

Course Objectives

• At the conclusion of the seminar, participants will be able to…
• Identify essential elements of patient selection & clinical plans for sedation care.
• Relate elements of meaningful monitoring to sedation practice.
• Describe nursing actions for safe care related to airway, breathing and circulation emergencies during procedural sedation.
• Discuss safe use of common intravenous sedatives and analgesics in procedural sedation.
• Review the safe clinical use of local anesthetics (LA) in sedation care.
• Relate risk management considerations to clinical practice in sedation care.

This dynamic seminar is designed for

Perioperative Nurses

Ambulatory Surgery Nurses

Perianesthesia Nurses

Gastroenterology Nurses

Cardiac Cath Lab Nurses

Radiology Nurses

Emergency Department Nurses

6.5 educational contact hours from AORN!

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation, for 6.5 contact hours.

Activities that are approved by AORN are recognized as continuing education for registered nurses. This recognition does not imply that AORN or the ANCC Commission on Accreditation approves or endorses any product included in the presentation.

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