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Perioperative Patient Care in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting

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Author: AORN
Publisher: AORN, Inc.
Category: Nursing: Perioperative
ISBN: MAN-162
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This study guide provides a framework for health care practitioners to use when developing and implementing policies and procedures for preoperative and postoperative patient care in the ambulatory surgery setting. It provides guidelines to help ambulatory surgery centers plan for appropriate staffing in both the preoperative and postoperative areas, including the establishment of consistent approaches to preadmission assessment, preoperative testing, anesthesia evaluation, and preoperative teaching. Other topics covered include postanesthesia care, fast tracking of patients, pain management, discharge criteria, patient transfer, and monitoring of outcomes.