Moderate Sedation Practices
Moderate Sedation Practices is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Course Originally Released on: 12/20/2022
Date of Most Recent Review: 12/20/2022
Course Termination/ Update Date: 12/31/2025
Description:
Non-anesthesia professionals are becoming increasingly involved in the administration of moderate sedation. This requires specific competencies consistent with state and federal regulations, organizational policies, and the practitioner’s scope of practice, education, and training.
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of the course is to equip RNs in acute care facilities with knowledge of safe moderate sedation practices needed for optimizing patient outcomes.
Disclaimer: This course discusses the care and management of patients receiving moderate sedation, but some of the content may NOT align with every learner’s state regulations and organizational policies. It is every licensed practitioner’s responsibility to know and comply with state and federal regulations and institutional policies as they apply to the administration of moderate sedation.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Identify the levels of the sedation continuum and indications suggesting a patient is deeper than intended.
• Define the periprocedural nursing responsibilities and considerations for administering medications during moderate sedation.
• Recall the preprocedural considerations and recommendations for monitoring patients receiving moderate sedation.
