• Aaron Conway, John Rolley, Karen Page, and Paul Fulbrook.
• School of Nursing, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia; Cardiac Catheter Theatres, The Wesley Hospital, Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia; School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine (QLD), Australian Catholic University, Banyo, Queensland, Australia.
• J Adv Nurs. 2014 May 1; 70 (5): 1040-53.

AimTo develop clinical practice guidelines for nurse-administered procedural sedation and analgesia in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.BackgroundNumerous studies have reported that nurse-administered procedural sedation and analgesia is safe. However, the broad scope of existing guidelines for the administration and monitoring of patients who receive sedation during medical procedures without an anaesthetist present means there is a lack of specific guidance regarding optimal nursing practices for the unique circumstances where nurse-administered procedural sedation and analgesia is used in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.MethodsA sequential mixed methods design was used. Initial recommendations were produced from three studies conducted by the authors: an integrative review; a qualitative study; and a cross-sectional survey. The recommendations were revised according to responses from a modified Delphi study. The first Delphi round was completed by nine senior cardiac catheterization laboratory nurses. All but one of the draft recommendations met the predetermined cut-off point for inclusion with 59 responses to the second round. Consensus was reached on all recommendations.Implications For NursingThe guidelines that were derived from the Delphi study offer 24 recommendations within six domains of nursing practice: Pre-procedural assessment; Pre-procedural patient and family education; Pre-procedural patient comfort; Intra-procedural patient comfort; Intra-procedural patient assessment and monitoring; and Postprocedural patient assessment and monitoring.ConclusionThese guidelines provide an important foundation towards the delivery of safe, consistent and evidence-based nursing care for the many patients who receive sedation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory setting.© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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