Moderate Sedation Monitoring Checklist | 6-Page PDF | 2026–27 Edition

Pre-assessment, intra-procedure monitoring, recovery, and discharge — the full sedation workflow in checklist form.

Built around the two things that actually cause harm: unrecognized deepening during the case, and unmonitored recovery afterward. Airway assessment before you start, what to chart and how often, the signs a patient has slid a level deeper than intended, and discharge criteria that hold up.

Built for the pocket and the break room, not the library — use the checklists live.

Part of Cardiac Nurse Playbooks. Instant PDF download, yours to keep.

Educational reference material for licensed clinicians and students. Not medical advice, not a protocol, and not a substitute for your facility's policies or physician orders. Where this guide and your unit policy disagree, your unit policy wins.