title: Developing a competency-based education program for nurse-monitored sedation.
abstract: Because of technological innovations and changes in the methods of health care delivery in the ambulatory setting, a new role for the perioperative nurse has emerged, that of monitoring patients who receive intravenous (IV)-conscious sedation during surgery and other invasive procedures. This article describes how to develop a competency-based education program for an ambulatory surgery center advocating the role of both a circulating nurse and monitoring nurse for the care of patients receiving IV-conscious sedation.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education*