Nursing care for the patient receiving conscious sedation during gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures.

The delivery of health care in the field of gastroenterology is expanding, thus changing the traditional roles of the GI physician and nurse. As these roles increase in responsibility, the management of the GI patient may need to be redefined. The purpose of this paper is to focus on changes in the care of the GI patient by presenting the different concepts of monitoring, describing the nursing components that are essential for the safe management of GI patients, defining the role of automatic monitoring devices and offering nursing guidelines based on these recommendations.