A portrait of First Lady Anna Harrison, wife of President William Henry Harrison Anna Harrison. Courtesy US Library of Congress. She never even entered the White House -- she had delayed coming to Washington, and had not yet traveled there when her husband, William Harrison, died a month after his inauguration.
When the patient is unable to breathe or there is damage or swelling in the airway that prevents air from moving in and out of the lungs, intubation may be necessary to save the patientâs life. Some states permit RNs to intubate patients for emergency purposes or to administer anesthesia.
It is within the scope of practice of the registered nurse who is not a qualified anesthesia provider to administer and monitor patients receiving IV moderate (procedural) sedation with non-anesthetics or anesthetics during therapeutic, diagnostic or surgical procedures (including to un-intubated patients) provided: 1.