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

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE NOW:   Seating is limited at all seminar sites.
Register early to ensure your place at this important educational experience!

• Baltimore-Washington, DC Area - Saturday, October 11, 2008
  Holiday Inn College Park
  10000 Baltimore Avenue
  College Park, MD   20740
  Phone: 301-345-6700
  Registration does not include hotel accommodations
• Richmond, Virginia - Saturday, October 25, 2008
  Embassy Suites Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
  2925 Emerywood Parkway
  Richmond, VA   23294
  Phone: 804-672-8585
  Registration does not include hotel accommodations
• Orlando, Florida Area - Saturday, November 1, 2008
  Holiday Inn Select U.C.F.
  12125 High Tech Drive
  Orlando, FL   32817
  Phone: 407-275-9000
  Registration does not include hotel accommodations
• Los Angeles Area - Saturday, January 10, 2009
  Holiday Inn Orange Co Airport - Santa Ana
  2726 Grand Avenue
  Santa Ana, CA   92705
  Phone: 714-481-6300
  Registration does not include hotel accommodations

Or Email DeborahDlugose@aol.com now to receive a registration form in the mail:

Baltimore-Washington, DC area (College Park) - Saturday, October 11, 2008

Richmond, Virginia - Saturday, October 25, 2008

Orlando, Florida - Saturday, November 1, 2008

Los Angeles Area - Orange County Airport/Santa Ana - Saturday, January 10, 2009

REMEMBER: Include your mailing address so we can send a brochure to you.

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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