title: Outpatient compliance with pre-operative NPO instructions.
abstract: In summary, ambulatory surgery requires patients and their families to assume responsibilities previously held by health care providers. These include preserving NPO instructions without the benefit of nurses present to prevent a break in the fast. Nurses responsibilities then, take on a different meaning. An essential nursing objective is to enlighten patients.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Heimbach
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Henninger
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D005215:Fasting / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards