by National Sedation Center | Oct 20, 2026 | Healthcare Education, Nurse Education, Patient Safety, Sedation Education
If your procedure schedule starts filling up around October, you’re not imagining it. Many patients have met their insurance deductible by fall and want their procedures done before the year ends. Add cold and flu season, holiday staffing, and year-end...
by National Sedation Center | Jun 24, 2026 | Healthcare Education, Minimal Sedation, Moderate Sedation, Nurse Education, Patient Safety
Integrating Sedation Protocols to Improve Patient Safety If you’ve ever worked through a sedation case where something felt off — a patient whose vitals crept in the wrong direction, or a moment where you weren’t sure who was documenting what — you already know why...
by National Sedation Center | May 15, 2026 | Healthcare Education, Minimal Sedation, Moderate Sedation, Nurse Education, Patient Safety
If you’re a nurse working in an ambulatory surgery center, you already know the pace is different. Patients arrive, procedures happen, and turnover is fast. There’s less margin for slow decision-making — and when sedation is involved, the stakes are high. Ambulatory...