My initial reaction is not only no but hell no.  Far, far to often in an ambulatory surgery center situation there is ONE nurse in the room, circulating, giving meds, taking vital signs.  This is very unsafe practice but one that seems to persist.  Now, nitrous is going to be added to a very dangerous situation.

Then I thought, ok, it's something totally new to learn, get information on and to use for the benefits of treating people.  I'm still very wary of it, but I would take the course.

Perhaps I am ignorant, but doesn't one have to be a CRNA to administer nitrous oxide, or any type of sedation for that matter???

dmazment says ...

My initial reaction is not only no but hell no.  Far, far to often in an ambulatory surgery center situation there is ONE nurse in the room, circulating, giving meds, taking vital signs.  This is very unsafe practice but one that seems to persist.  Now, nitrous is going to be added to a very dangerous situation.

Then I thought, ok, it's something totally new to learn, get information on and to use for the benefits of treating people.  I'm still very wary of it, but I would take the course.

Dmazment,

If you have only one nurse in the room, circulating, giving meds and taking vitals, then you treading on thin ice as it is.

Most accrediting bodies standards call for "appropriate personnel"  ie, JC, AAAASF, AAAHC. Which (Im praphrasing) means that one "qualified individual"s job is to monitor the patient - not circulate, hand physician equipment etc....

If this is the case  then you bigger fish to fry than to add an adjunct to your sedation program, although it would reduce the amounts of sedatives used and recovery times.

If you need assitance in  re-vamping or reference for articles or research materials, please give me a call.

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Randy Pigg

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