title: Caring for the ICU patient receiving propofol.
abstract: This article, the first in the new DCCN department for acute-care nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and advanced practice nurses, focuses on the pharmacodynamics of propofol. The advanced practice nurse working in the ICU is likely to institute propofol protocols, teach staff about the drug, and collaborate with the bedside nurse on the patient's outcome to this treatment.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hubner
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D015742:Propofol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D015742:Propofol