Research Catalog

Title

Moderate sedation/analgesia : core competencies for practice / Michael Kost.

Author

Kost, Michael.

Publication

St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders, c2004.

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Details

Description

xvii, 334 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subjects

• Nurses Instruction
• Anesthesia, Intravenous
• Intravenous anesthesia
• Conscious sedation
• Conscious Sedation

Genre/Form

Nurses Instruction.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Manual of conscious sedation / Michael Kost. c1998.
• Available for continuing education credit.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Goals, Definitions, Practice Standards, and Guidelines -- Ch. 2. Presedation Assessment and Patient Selection -- Ch. 3. Pharmacologic Concepts -- Ch. 4. Sedation/Analgesia Medication and Techniques of Administration -- Ch. 5. Sedation/Analgesia Pharmacologic Profile -- Ch. 6. Procedural Patient Monitoring -- Ch. 7. Airway Management and Management of Respiratory Complications -- Ch. 8. Intravenous Insertion Techniques/Intravenous Solutions -- Ch. 9. Geriatric Patient Care -- Ch. 10. Pediatric Patient Care -- Ch. 11. Postsedation Patient Care, Monitoring, and Discharge Criteria -- Ch. 12. Risk Management Strategies -- App. A. Practice Guidelines for Sedation and Analgesia by Non-Anesthesiologists -- App. B. JCAHO Standards for Operative or Other High-Risk Procedures and/or the Administration of Moderate or Deep Sedation of Anesthesia -- App. C. Endorsement of Position Statement on the Role of the Registered Nurse (RN) in the Management of Patients Receiving IV Conscious Sedation for Short-Term Therapeutic, Diagnostic, or Surgical Procedures -- App. D. Clinical Competencies for Sedation/Analgesia -- App. E. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Latex Allergy Protocol -- App. F. Learner Self-Assessment References.

ISBN

0721603246

LCCN

2003066742

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries