I know it is vertboten to call it standing orders, but that is essentially what I am trying to create. I want to know how you all handle obtaining orders for sedation during procedures. I think an order sheet filled out b4 the case specifying what an...
buffyohara replied to nursefischer's topic in Burn
I give sedation in Interventional Radiology, and our protocol specifies that the RN providing sedation moniters the patient and has no other duties. I have seen this wording used in texts and articles, so it is probably a standard of care.