JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports
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JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep · Aug 2019
Implementing the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale in a respiratory critical care unit: a best practice implementation project.
Adequate sedation can lead to patient-ventilator synchrony, facilitation of treatment, and decreased physical and psychological discomfort for patients with respiratory failure in the intensive care unit (ICU). The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) is considered to be the most appropriate tool in sedation assessment. ⋯ The project successfully improved the implementation of RASS assessment in the respiratory ICU. Following the development and implementation of evidence-based resources, a high level of compliance was achieved for nurses using the RASS in the ICU to assess sedation in patients with a ventilator.