Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research
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Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res · Sep 2013
Effects of nurses' practice of a sedation protocol on sedation and consciousness levels of patients on mechanical ventilation.
Providing high-quality care in the intensive care units (ICUs) is a major goal of every medical system. Nurses play a crucial role in achieving this goal. One of the most important responsibilities of nurses is sedation and pain control of patients. The present study tried to assess the effect of nurses' practice of a sedation protocol on sedation and consciousness levels and the doses of sedatives and analgesics in the ICU patients. ⋯ As nurses are in constant contact with the ICU patients, their practice of a sedation protocol can result in better sedation and pain control in the patients and reduce the administered doses of sedatives and analgesics.