Sedation

I have been volunteering at several hospitals under many departments for the past six years. I have volunteering experience in retail pharmacy, floor ambassador, information desk, patient transport, hospital laboratories, hospice/spiritual support, ER, and dental clinics. Currently, I have gained approximately 183 hours of dental clinical observation in the areas of general and pediatric dentistry, endodontics, prosthodontics, orthodontics, and oral surgery. My first shadowing opportunity was…

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music to help you relax. We even offer warm blankets and longer appointment times, if necessary. All of this is designed to help you feel as comfortable as possible while visiting our office. We also offer four different levels of sedation — learn more about our dental sedation options here. A Family-Oriented, Easy-Going Practice In addition to the technological perks and comfort options we offer, the main thing our patients love about our practice is our family-oriented, easy-going nature. We…

According to Jasmine (2009), there are many aspects involved in therapeutic communication. The first therapeutic communication skill is listening, which is not only actively listening to a patient but also displaying a readiness to listen and being physically present. This can be shown through good posture, facial expression and eyes contact. This demonstrates a nurse’s genuine interest in the patient. It is important that nurses focus on the patient rather than any tasks at hand to establish a…

the patient is receiving ketamine, close monitoring for unwanted side effects should be done. Prophylactic options for ketamine side effects include administration of haloperidol or benzodiazepines. Respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, and sedation are all crucial monitoring parameters in a patient receiving IV ketamine for palliative care.4 The protocol serves as recommendations to guide clinicians when administering IV ketamine, but the doses required and side…

Organizational Systems & Quality Leadership Task 2 Healthcare organizations are required by their accrediting agencies to demonstrate methods of investigating sentinel events. Root cause analysis (RCA) is a systematic approach to investigating sentinel events used by institutions accredited by the Joint Commission. Once this process helps to identify the causes of the event and a plan to correct the causes, the failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is used to identify and decrease the ways…

to our national traditions and practices”. The court’s decision fails to take into consideration the fact that terminal sedation, heavily sedating patients and withholding food and water until they die, is legal and used widely in the practice of palliative treatment. The legalization of terminal sedation contradicts the court’s argument of intent, because when terminal sedation is used the doctor’s intent is to relieve pain by putting them into a deep unconscious state until they die. As David…

l/min. Remifentanil administered by target-controlled infusions (TCI) (OrchestraⓇ Base Primea, Fresenius Kabi, Brezins, France) with the Minto pharmacokinetic model 12 that adjusts for age, weight, and sex. Ramsay sedation scale (RSS) 13 was used to assess the level of patient sedation. The target RSS was a score of 3 (responsive to commands only). The primary target concentration of…