title: Risk management: a proactive process.
abstract: Successful risk management is a proactive process designed to prevent litigation and possible loss of assets. Some examples of standards of care and legal implications for nurses in ambulatory and PACU units are discussed. Suggestions are made regarding specific risk management issues.
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authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011997:Recovery Room; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*