title: Risk management considerations in conscious sedation.
abstract: Sedation care is an expanded nursing role that may have potential liability associated with it. Liability reduction requires consistent application of the principles of the nursing process. Properly prepared nurses with commitment to patient safety will discover that the art and science of nursing combine in this challenging area of patient care.
authors.affiliation: Wright Professional Associates, PC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dlugose
mesh_terms: D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*