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Sedation Cetification for Non-Anesthesia Nurses

CE Information
10.0 CE credits (6.0 pharmacology)
Completion Time
600 minutes
Available Until
October 31, 2023
Posted By
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Overview

Specialties
Ambulatory Care, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, and Medical/Surgical
Clinical Topics
Surgery

Gated Course Description:

  • 8 modules of lecture and review videos, and two competency simulator cases.
  • Course manual in PDF, Flipbook, or purchase a hard copy separately.
  • 50 random question cumulative exam, separated by five questions for each part.
  • Pre and Post-Sedation Competency Assessment.
  • The course is available with Internet Access through a PC or laptop, a Downloadable program for PC, Apple, and Android devices.
  • Two attempts are available

The Course Includes:

  • Notification right away if you pass! Download/print your CE/Contact Hours Certificate upon successful completion.
  • Via USPS mail, your Certification in Moderate Sedation Certificate, suitable for framing
  • Free one-year membership with the American Association of Moderate Sedation Nurses (AAMSN) with a certificate suitable for framing and a membership card Free CE credits are available online with valid membership!

Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives 

  • Use a pre-sedation competency checklist to self-evaluate current moderate sedation competencies.
  • Define the levels of sedation.
  • Discuss the Joint Commission guidelines for sedation.
  • Identify critical elements of the patient preoperative assessment.
  • List the four Mallampati classifications for airway assessment.
  • Describe the various oxygen delivery systems and airway adjuncts.
  • Discuss the pharmacology of common moderate sedation and reversal agents.
  • Identify potential complications and appropriate treatment.
  • Discuss pre and post-operative techniques in suggestibility and semantics.
  • Select medications and dosages for moderate sedation and patient rescue.
  • Monitor ECG, Heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and EtCO2
  • Identify from the post-competency checklist the needed additional competency training and experience for safe and effective sedation.

Speakers

Ron Eslinger
Ron Eslinger MA, CRNA, RN

Owner
CEO

Michael R. "Ron" Eslinger (Captain, USN Nurse Corps Retired) serves as Owner/CEO of Healthy Visions Training Company and President/CEO of the American Association of Moderate Sedation Nurses, Inc. Captain Eslinger began his military career in 1966 with the USMC Parris Island and Jacksonville, Florida. Followed by active army service in William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX, and service in the Army Reserves, Chattanooga, TN, in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (1969-85). Captain Eslinger entered the U.S. Navy in 1985, where he served Naval Hospital Long Beach, CA, Mayport, Naval Base, USS Forestall, Jacksonville, FL, with an eight-month deployment to Desert Shield/Desert Storm, MA, from the Naval War College, Newport, RI, Oakland, CA, Chief Nurse USNS Hospital Ship, Mercy, Chief CRNA and Director of Operations, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA and then to Naval Hospital, Beaufort, SC as the Director of Patient Services, where he retired in 2003. Captain Eslinger retired to Clinton, TN, in December 2003 with his wife Karen after a total service time of 34 years. In 1991, LCDR Eslinger, stationed at Jacksonville Naval Hospital, was assigned as the Anesthesia Representative to the Hospital I.V. Sedation committee to create policies and training to meet the new Joint Commission standards for non-anesthesia providers giving I.V. Conscious Sedation. Capt Eslinger made a PowerPoint presentation which he shared with other Navy Hospitals. After retiring, he expanded the training into an 8-hour program which was approved for Continuing Education Credits. It is now a 10-hour online program with virtual simulation and live video content.

CE Information

This activity offers 10.0 CE credits (6.0 pharmacology) to attendees.

Accredited by MyCEcredit is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation,# 5-133 . Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15997 for 10 Contact Hours..

Module Content with Objectives

  • Use a pre-sedation competency checklist to self-evaluate current moderate sedation competencies.
  • Define the levels of sedation.
  • Discuss the Joint Commission guidelines for sedation.
  • Identify critical elements of the patient preoperative assessment.
  • List the four Mallampati classifications for airway assessment.
  • Describe the various oxygen delivery systems and airway adjuncts.
  • Discuss the pharmacology of common moderate sedation and reversal agents.
  • Identify potential complications and appropriate treatment.
  • Discuss pre and post-operative techniques in suggestibility and semantics.
  • Select medications and dosages for moderate sedation and patient rescue.
  • Monitor ECG, Heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and EtCO2
  • Identify from the post-competency checklist the needed additional competency training and experience for safe and effective sedation.

Disclosures

SedationCertification.com and MyCEcredit.com are Divisions of the Healthy Visions Training Company at HealthyVisions.com, owned by Michael "Ron" Eslinger.
None of the above are supported or in partnership with any outside entity.


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