1.) Endorsement of Position Statement on the Role of the Registered Nurse (RN) in the Management of Patients Receiving IV Conscious Sedation for Short-Term Therapeutic, Diagnostic, or Surgical Procedures http://www.ana.org/readroom/position/joint/jtsedate.htm
2.) Role of the Registered Nurse (Rn) in the Management of Patients Receiving Conscious Sedation for Short-Term Therapeutic, Diagnostic, or Surgical Procedures
http://www.awhonn.org/resour/position/psroleiv.html
3.) What is Conscious Sedation? The bottom line is, most of us do not want to be totally alert for a whole bunch of different procedures that will be performed on us but it may also not be necessary to go to the operating room to be "put to sleep" for a procedure either.
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/AdultPain/GenePain/ConsSent.htm
4.) Conscious Sedation...Conscious sedation refers to the administration of I.V. sedative, hypnotic, and opioid drugs to produce a state of sedation, analgesia, and amnesia. Althought the patient will have a depressed level of consciousness, they will be able to respond to commands.
http://www.rtcorner.com/Topics/iv_conscious_sedation.htm
5.) Conscious Sedation: A How-to Guide...The term conscious sedation is used to describe the act of giving medications to alleviate anxiety and/or pain associated with potentially unpleasant procedures.
http://www.theberries.ns.ca/Archives/conscious_sedation.html