title: Preoperative holding area. Personalizing patients' experiences.
authors.affiliation: St Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: DeLong
mesh_terms: D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic