Nurses and Sedation

From the "Moderate Sedation: Current Issues and Future Possibilities" webinar

1.5 Content Hours

$19

Who Should Be Interested:
RNs working in OR, Ambulatory Surgery, ICU, CCU, Emergency Room, Gasteroenterology, Radiology, Pediatrics, Cardiac Labs, Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Acute Care Physician’s Assistants.

Presenters:
Linda Callahan, CRNA, PhD

Topics:

I. Historical Considerations – How did we get to this point?

II. RN Practice Control and Scope of Practice

A. Board of Registered Nursing
B. Professional Organizations
C. Accrediting Bodies
D. Facility Policies and Procedures

III. Pushing the Envelope – Who? When? Why?

IV. Legal Concerns

A. Negligence Law
B. Consent law
C. Liability Prevention

V. The Impact of Health Care Reform – How will practice change?

A. Competence Statement Development and Implementation

Behavioral/Learning Objectives:

Describe the societal changes in health care delivery that have led to greater utilization of nonanesthesia providers to provide procedural sedation.
Outline the criteria set by many professional state registry boards for specific providers to perform sedation for procedures.
Explain the impact of accrediting agencies on the utilization of nurses to provide procedural sedation.
Identify at least two legal concerns for nonanesthetists providing procedural sedation.
Explain how to write a sample competence statement for nurses providing procedural sedation
Describe the potential effects of health care reform on the need for provision of procedural sedation by professionals other than anesthetists.

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Accreditation Information

Nurses – Academy Medical Systems is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s COA.

Academy Medical Systems (AMS) is also a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider #CEP14413.

AMS is also a provider approved by the Florida Board of Nursing, provider #50-19.

Iowa Nurses – The Iowa Board of Nurses will recognize the recorded webinars as a home study program. They recognize our ANCC approved provider status as well as our CA and Fl Board of Nursing provider approval for home study products for nurses in Iowa.

All other states recognize our approved provider status listed in the above text for continuing education credit for nurses.

1.5 contact hours will be rewarded to nursing professionals at the completion of this workshop.

Certified Nurses - Most certifying organizations recognize AMS’s approved provider status with the ANCC and will honor our continuing education courses for nurses recertification requirements (with the exception of ACLS and PALS certification).

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