I read the position paper supporting nurse-administered propo-fol sedation (NAPS) which was coissued by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and other societies.1 Currently, the package insert states "the drug should be administered only by persons trained in the administration of general anesthesia". By this definition, registered nurses would not qualify. In fact, NAPS is illegal in more than a dozen states, including my own.
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