An NHS nurse who was giving her patients on a hospital stroke unit sedatives to “keep them quiet and compliant” has been jailed for seven years and two months. Catherine Hudson, 54, had drugged two ...

Sedation is one of the most imperative skills for healthcare providers to acquire to ensure patient safety. It has revolutionized how healthcare providers deliver care, offering a balance of comfort ...

A lone cyclist passes by Colorado's State Capitol building, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) DENVER (AP) — Colorado medical providers will need to get patients’ ...

Black patients presenting at Emergency Departments (EDs) across the country with psychiatric complaints are 63 percent more likely to be chemically sedated than their white counterparts. But ...

A prominent Manhattan doctor is arrested, charged with giving a patient a powerful anesthetic in the emergency room, then masturbating on her. The evidence: DNA found on her face. His defense: He had ...

Giving patients oral diazepam before they undergo cataract surgery, instead of running an intravenous (IV) drip with sedatives, can provide adequate, complication-free sedation, a single-center study ...

A Queensland GP says one of his patients was sedated in an emergency department while waiting several days for a bed in a mental health ward to become available. It follows calls by the Nurses' ...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado medical providers will need to get patients’ prior consent before medical students can perform pelvic exams on them while they are unconscious for a procedure under a bill ...

FILE - A lone cyclist passes by Colorado's State Capitol building, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Denver. Colorado passed a law Thursday, May 25, 2023, requiring that patients give informed consent for ...