I recently transferred from floor nursing to ED at my hospital. I am looking for a good concise nursing resource for conscious sedation in the ED with information on the various medications used, how to safely administer them, what to specifically watch out for with each one for example. Generally, what one really needs to know for the utmost safety of the patient, adult and pediatric.
Also, which ones can RN's give, which ones should only MD's / providers give. (A little confused because some push meds that only providers can but say it's okay because the provider is present).
Education in this level 3 is basically O-T-J. I am finding I need to do a lot of informal research on my own to get to more of what I need to know beyond the basics. I do know the set-up (suction, BVM, cardiac monitor, continuous pulse ox, code cart nearby).
Each hospital has its policy and procedures regarding procedural sedation. Get a copy and that will guide your practice. Get a list of the medications used and look them up yourself. where is the Ed nurse educator in this transition period
Did I miss something? What paralytics have people referred to?
I think I went from one thread to another without realizing it, in the other thread succ was mentioned a few times then I went to this thread that was in another tab, my bad.
merilynRN
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Am looking into it.