title: Awake and talking: ambulatory surgery and conscious sedation.
authors.affiliation: United States Navy Nurse Corps, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Janikowski
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rockefeller
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000451:nursing; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards