Procedural Pediatric Sedation by Nurses: Available, Competent, and Safe

• Main Authors: Laetiscia Lavoie (Author), Catherine Vezina (Author), Emilie Paul-Savoie (Author), Claude Cyr (Author), Sylvie Lafrenaye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sedation and/or analgesia are standard of care for pediatric patients during painful intervention or medical imaging requiring immobility. Physician availability is frequently insufficient to allow for all procedural sedation. A nurse-led sedation program was created at the Centre Hospitalier Univer...