Conscious Sedation Certification

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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

Does anyone know how to obtain Conscious Sedation Certification? Just looking at some positions in endoscopy and they require this. Thanks

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Specializes in ER.
Does anyone know how to obtain Conscious Sedation Certification? Just looking at some positions in endoscopy and they require this. Thanks

WOW, I didn't even know there was such a certification. It is just something we do on a daily basis in the ER! I can't remember the last time we used a papoose board to strap down a 2 year old for the 3 stitches to his eyebrow or chin. Now we give IV sedation or IM Ketamine. I often wonder which is more dangerous, holding a kid still for 5 minutes or compromising his airway???

We even do it now for lumbar punctures. Oh well, that is a subject for another thread. Sorry I don't have your answer.

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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

That's OK. This one particular job I was looking at in an endo unit required BLS and ACLS which I have and then it said a conscious sedation certificate is required as well. Looks like I have to find a course to take and become certified in that too if I wanted this type of a position.

thanks for your reply!

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now you have me interested/curious.

i've been giving iv propofol for yrs...

never heard of certification.

leslie

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now you have me interested/curious.

i've been giving iv propofol for yrs...

never heard of certification.

leslie

Me neither. Every facility has always had their own module, test, and check off's so that you did it "their way".

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Specializes in OR, PACU, GI, med-surg, OB, school nursing.

I recently went to an excellent one-day sedation workshop. It gave CEUs, but I don't know about certification. This company presents in various locations around the country.

I have only been doing conscious sedation for 6 months, but in that time I have never heard of any kind of national certification. As a previous poster said, I think hospitals do their own thing regarding competency. Mine doesn't have any competency requirements for sedation; I just had my orientation with a preceptor and that was that. ACLS is required.

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Specializes in Sedation.

Unfortunately there is not currently a nationally recognized "Certification" in the administration of conscious sedation. Permissions and credentialing is done at a facility level.

The Joint Commission for example, makes recommendations for the development of facility standards

in sedation administration and uses phrases such as:

1) Qualified individuals

2) Appropriate equipment

3) Appropriate monitoring of the patient

4) Appropriate documentation

5) Appropriate monitoring of outcomes

It is vague and leaves much to interpretation, this is intentional so as not to limit the scope of practice.

Last July the state of New York passed a law that any procedures done in a physicians office with sedation more than local anesthetic, the facility must be accredited. Part of that accreditation process requires physicians and assisting staff to have continuing education on sedation administration. More states are following this example.

Continuing education courses are available that will provide you with a certificate stating you have received CE in the administration of sedation. These will help document that you are staying current and will go towards satisfying most nursing boards scope of practice statements which say a nurse must have "Demonstrable Knowledge" before participating in an activity.

One national sedation continuing education organization has a board certified anesthesiologist presenting the courses.

Hope this helps.

Randy

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If you google moderate sedation certification, there are two companies that provide the course and testing. Both offer online courses and testing and one of them you can do the course at home and take the test online.

One is www.sedationcertification.com. Hope that helps.:)

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Specializes in Sedation.

The question to ask is who is that "certification" recognized by?

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Specializes in Sedation.

Still no certification.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, ER, Peds ER-CPEN.

www.healthvisions.net

www.sedationcertification.com

this is the certification used by our hospital and it's sister facilities in FL, you might need to call the office you want to apply to and ask them if this is acceptable to them. Good Luck :)

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I noticed that the sedationcertification.com says it's certification is recognized by the American Association of Moderate Sedation Nurses.

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