“…Other tools, such as the Comfort Scale, provide a readiness score for mechanically ventilated patients; the Ramsay Scale and Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale are used with the Aldrete scoring tool to assess sedation before, during, and after a sedative is given (Hoover, 2018). The POSS, with a reliability Cronbach alpha of .903 in adults, identifies patients with increased sedation levels with early recognition of respiratory depression (Cooper et al, 2015; Davis et al, 2017; Drebert, 2014; Kobelt, Burke, & Renker, 2014). All applicable literature was appraised using the John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Research Evidence Appraisal tool and the John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Non-Research Evidence Appraisal tool (Dang & Dearholt, 2017).…”