Procedural Sedation
Contact Hours: 2
What's included?
Course Overview
Every day, patients undergo treatments and procedures in inpatient, outpatient, and clinic settings. Many of these procedures require that the patient be still and cooperative and cause great discomfort and pain.
To address these issues during procedures, the proceduralist may administer procedural sedation. Procedural sedation allows the patient to undergo a procedure without feeling the discomfort or pain that the procedure causes. Restated, the patient will receive all the benefits of the treatment without experiencing or remembering the pain and discomfort that the procedure caused.
Procedural sedation does not just happen. It requires planning and expertise. From start to finish, procedural sedation is a process. The patient needs to be educated on what procedural sedation entails and then consent to the sedation. During the procedure, the patient must be monitored appropriately to ensure that complications will be held to a minimum. All this will be discussed throughout this course.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Definitions/Explanation of Terms
- Classification of Sedation
- Common Medications
- Monitoring Equipment
- Who Can Administer Procedural Sedation
- Patient/Family Interactions
- Upcoming/Current Research
- Conclusion
Course Outcomes
After completing this course, the learner will rate a 4 out of 5 on the Likert Scale for their ability to:
- Understand the four different types of sedation
- Identify who can administer procedural sedation.
- Identify the common drugs used during procedural sedation.
Accreditations and Approvals
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (P0614)
- California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 17418)
- Kentucky Board of Nursing (7-0090)
- Louisiana State Board of Nursing (58)
- Florida Board of Nursing (50-23983)
- Delaware Board of Nursing (DE-24-010127)
- Alabama Board of Nursing (#ABNP1577)
- Iowa Board of Nursing (#393)
- Kansas Board of Nursing (LT0340-0325)
Approved by the Board of Nursing in every state, you can complete your RN, LVN, and APRN CEUs with confidence.
Accreditation Statement
Nursing CE Central LLC is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
It will take the average learner 120 minutes to complete and awards 2 contact hours of continuing education.
Written For
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
- Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN/LVN)
Requirements for Completion
- Enrollment in the course by the learner
- Read and learn all course materials
- Complete the course evaluation
- Attest and testify learning of the course materials
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
Nursing CE Central nor any of the authors, planners, content experts, or any contributors have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
