{"title":"The Positive Impact of Registered Nurse Sedation Teams","authors":"Marlea A. Judd, M. Warner","doi":"10.33805/2573.3877.132","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: Sedation care documentation and patient safety on general care nursing units need improvement. \nPurpose: To assess the impact of implementation of a registered nurse sedation team model on patient safety and thoroughness of documentation in patients receiving moderate sedation on general care units.\nMethods: In 2010 a 3-month retrospective chart review determined adverse patient outcomes and incompleteness of documentation for patients receiving sedation on general care units. After implementation of the registered nurse sedation team model for 3 months, patient’s sedation documentation and outcomes were assessed. The registered nurse sedation team model was implemented into practice and further outcome data from implementation through 2017 also were assessed.\nResults: There was clear improvement in both required documentation during moderate sedation and patient safety (P<0.001).\nConclusion: The registered nurse sedation team model in this study improved both completeness of required sedation documentation and patient safety.","PeriodicalId":79520,"journal":{"name":"Nursing and health care perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nursing and health care perspectives","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33805/2573.3877.132","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: Sedation care documentation and patient safety on general care nursing units need improvement.
Purpose: To assess the impact of implementation of a registered nurse sedation team model on patient safety and thoroughness of documentation in patients receiving moderate sedation on general care units.
Methods: In 2010 a 3-month retrospective chart review determined adverse patient outcomes and incompleteness of documentation for patients receiving sedation on general care units. After implementation of the registered nurse sedation team model for 3 months, patient’s sedation documentation and outcomes were assessed. The registered nurse sedation team model was implemented into practice and further outcome data from implementation through 2017 also were assessed.
Results: There was clear improvement in both required documentation during moderate sedation and patient safety (P<0.001).
Conclusion: The registered nurse sedation team model in this study improved both completeness of required sedation documentation and patient safety.