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Semin Perioper Nurs. 1992 Oct;1(4):224-31.

Developing a competency-based education program for nurse-monitored sedation.

Seminars in perioperative nursing

D S Watson

PMID: 1301884

Abstract

Because of technological innovations and changes in the methods of health care delivery in the ambulatory setting, a new role for the perioperative nurse has emerged, that of monitoring patients who receive intravenous (IV)-conscious sedation during surgery and other invasive procedures. This article describes how to develop a competency-based education program for an ambulatory surgery center advocating the role of both a circulating nurse and monitoring nurse for the care of patients receiving IV-conscious sedation.

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