Course Description
Managing the Patient Receiving Local Anesthesia
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Purpose:
When patients receive local anesthesia as the choice of anesthesia during a surgical procedure, an anesthesia provider is not present in the operating room. The perioperative nurse, OR RN, must be able to safely administer local anesthetics. This course will provide the perioperative nurse a review of local anesthetics, including side effects and dosage that the surgeon may order for the patient. The perioperative nurse will be able to discuss patient assessment and intraoperative monitoring according to AORN's "Recommended Practices for Managing the Patient Receiving Local Anesthesia".
This course expires on November, 15, 2010.
The approval number for this course is: #09308.
This course expires on November, 15, 2010.
The approval number for this course is: #09308.
Objectives
- Examine the use of local anesthesia in the surgical setting
- Identify which patients are eligible for local anesthesia
- Explain the different types of local anesthetic agents
- Illustrate the assessment of patients receiving local anesthesia
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Conflict Of interest:
There is no conflict of interest noted for this course.
Commercial Support:
There is no commercial support for this course.
Nonendorsement of Products:
Approval for this activity refers only to continuing nursing education activity and does not imply that there is real or implied endorsement of any product, service, or company referred to in this activity nor of any company subsidizing costs related to the activity.
Off Label Use:
There is no use of off label products in this presentation.
Accreditation:
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
