"This easy-to-follow book is your complete clinical guide to caring for patients receiving conscious sedation/analgesia during a short-term therapeutic, diagnostic, or surgical procedure. It covers everything you need to know - from practice guidelines for administering sedation, to pre-sedation requirements, intra-procedure monitoring and documentation, and discharge criteria."--BOOK JACKET.

This 2nd edition focuses on the preprocedural, procedural, and postprocedural care of the moderately sedated patient. It is designed for any clinician involved in the administration of moderate sedation and written by a clinician involved in the practice on a daily basis. The primary focus of this new edition is to provide all the content and tools necessary to demonstrate competency in moderate sedation/analgesia. Includes a greater focus on the core competencies necessary for clinical practice. Concept Checks are integrated throughout to help the learner assess the mastering of the content presented. Includes the recommended standards of practice from the ANA, AORN, American Academy of Pediatrics, and JCAHO's Sample Policies & Procedures. Contains sample clinical competencies for moderate sedation so the book can be used as a study guide and measurement tool. Incorporates throughout important information on the specific moderate sedation parameters of the pediatric and geriatric patients addressing preprocedural assessment, physiologic variations, pharmacologic considerations and sedative techniques. Includes a comprehensive pharmacologic profile of each medication used in the moderate sedation practice setting. Follows a recommended 'core curriculum' format, but each idea and concept are discussed in detail. Increased integration of actual Clinical Scenarios facilitates the application of content knowledge and utilization of critical thinking skills. Integration of herbal preparations and their impact on pre-sedation care. Latest JCAHO Sedation/Anesthesia Guidelines (2004) incorporated throughout. A larger trim size (8.5 x 11) provides more of a 'manual' feel and allows the reader to make notes and work through various tools throughout the book.

A concise, practical handbook giving up-to-date, evidence based, 'how to' guidance on safe, effective procedural sedation.

The only book devoted to this increasingly important issue, Perioperative Safety helps you reduce risk in a setting where even small errors can lead to life-threatening complications. Expert author Donna Watson addresses essential safety principles and concepts, covering patient safety with topics such as the latest safety strategies and initiatives, perioperative safe medication use, preventing infections, anesthesia safety, normothermia management, and electrosurgery. Coverage of staff and workplace safety helps you minimize risk with bloodborne pathogens, latex allergy, the use of lasers, and radiation exposure. Case studies show the application of safety concepts in real-world situations. Unique! The only book devoted to the increasingly important issue of perioperative safety, where small errors can lead to life-threatening complications. Unique! Highly qualified writers are some of the leading experts in the perioperative field, so material is up to date and emphasizes the most important information. Unique! Clinical Points boxes call attention to key points in promoting safety for both patients and staff in the perioperative setting. Unique! Case studies describe real-life scenarios related to promoting patient safety. Figures and tables are used to support important content.

Prepare to succeed on the CPAN® and CAPA® exams with this authoritative guide from ASPAN! PeriAnesthesia Nursing Core Curriculum, 3rd Edition is a comprehensive reference that helps you care for patients before and after anesthesia in all types of settings. There's no other review like it. Coverage of the full scope of perianesthesia nursing makes it an ideal resource for both in-hospital and ambulatory care. And to keep you current, this edition also describes the newest advances in interventional radiology, robotics, and endoscopy procedures. Written by the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses and edited by respected perianesthesia nurses Lois Schick and Pam Windle, this book will help you develop the skills and expertise you need to excel on your certification exam and in practice. - Authoritative ASPAN authors cover the core content necessary to demonstrate competency as a perianesthesia nurse, including ASPAN's full scope of practice for the CPAN® and CAPA® certifications. - Six sections cover required competencies in these key areas of perianesthesia nursing: professional issues, preoperative assessment, patient care across the life span, perianesthesia, body systems, and education and discharge. - Easy-to-use outline format provides a quick review of the fundamentals and standards of practice for patient assessment and care. - Objectives at the beginning of each chapter help you focus on and learn key content. - Numerous boxes, tables, and illustrations highlight important information and make the book a valuable reference. - Preoperative Assessment Competencies section addresses all aspects of the complete assessment of the patient and family, including areas such as transcultural nursing and alternative therapies as well as the mentally and physically challenged patient. - Life Span Considerations section prepares you for the care of patients of all ages with chapters on pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. - Useful appendixes cover the CPAN and CAPA certification programs and provide test-taking strategies, helping you to prepare for and pass your exam. - A bibliography at the end of every chapter lists additional research resources. - NEW content covers interventional radiology, robotics, endoscopy procedures, and the latest technology as it impacts perianesthesia nurses. - NEW! Streamlined chapters provide a more concise book. - UPDATED Professional Competencies section includes the latest safety, regulatory, and healthcare policies. - UPDATED Education and Discharge Competencies section addresses the changes in ambulatory settings and patient discharges.

Written by the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) — the leading organization for perianesthesia nursing education, practice, standards and research — this book is the only question-based CAPA and CPAN exam review available. All 700 questions include comprehensive rationales and are individually referenced to current research. This review/practice tool provides you with the core knowledge, essential skills, and fundamental principles integral to perianesthesia nursing practice. Case study and clinical application questions help you prepare for in-hospital or ambulatory certification. Questions are written at different levels of difficulty throughout, with a strong emphasis on application. Case-based scenarios help you apply your knowledge and challenge your understanding of perianesthesia clinical practice. Detailed rationales are provided for every question, ensuring that you understand why answers are correct or incorrect. Each question is referenced to up-to-date research and key resources, making it easy to locate necessary resources based on your own study plan. UNIQUE! This review is based on the latest CPAN and CAPA examination blueprints, ensuring that you are fully prepared for what you will face on these examinations. All questions are revised or completely new to reflect the latest standards of practice.

This textbook provides interventional cardiologists, endovascular interventionalists, and physicians in training with a comprehensive resource on the prevention and management of complications in interventional cardiology. The book focuses specifically on risk factors, prevention, and management with conventional and/or with bailout techniques and devices. It includes many images of common and rare complications and of devices. The first section, on general principles, includes quality assurance, training requirements, legal considerations, adjunctive pharmacotherapy, and conscious sedation. Subsequent sections cover general complications of invasive procedures and complications of specific coronary interventions, noncoronary cardiac interventions, peripheral vascular procedures, pediatric interventions, and electrophysiology procedures. A companion website includes videos of over 30 complications and bailout techniques.

Edited and contributed to by leaders of radiology simulation-based training, this book is the first of its kind to thoroughly cover such training and education.

Confidently plan individualized care for clients in acute care, extended care, and home care environments with Ulrich & Canale's Nursing Care Planning Guides: Prioritization, Delegation, and Clinical Reasoning, 8th Edition. This in-depth nursing care planning guide features 31 detailed nursing diagnosis care plans and 63 disease/disorder care plans that are keyed to specific expected outcomes and interventions. With updated content and the most recent NANDA-I® nursing diagnoses, NIC® interventions, and NOC® outcomes, it reflects the latest nursing taxonomies and evidence-treatment protocols. - The most in-depth care plans of any nursing care planning book foster clinical reasoning and promote effective clinical decision-making. - 31 nursing diagnosis care plans provide detailed interventions with rationales and documentation guidelines for the most common NANDA-I® nursing diagnoses. - 63 in-depth disease/disorder care plans serve as a complete reference for the most common disorders in acute care, extended care, and home care settings. - UNIQUE! Care plan format with a focus on prioritized nursing interventions, interventions that can be delegated, and documentation criteria, as well as differentiation between independent and collaborative nursing actions, provides a comprehensive and practical care planning tool. - In-depth patient teaching content, with each disorder care plan, concluding with a "Deficient Knowledge" diagnosis with extensive discharge teaching information, serves as a guideline for planning client education. - A complete discussion of caring for older adult clients and changes that occur with aging helps you understand the unique considerations of caring for this growing population group. - Nursing and collaborative diagnoses are linked to actions and rationales. - Body system organization makes content easy to locate. - NEW and UNIQUE! A completely new chapter on nursing-sensitive indicators features care plans devoted to "measures and indicators that reflect the structure, processes and outcomes of nursing care" (American Nurses Association, 2004), as well as financial implications for healthcare organizations. - NEW! The most recent NANDA-I® nursing diagnoses, NIC® interventions, and NOC® outcomes reflect the most up-to-date nursing taxonomies. - NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the latest evidence-treatment protocols and national and international guidelines.