Improving a perioperative service.
A collaborative process between graduate nursing students and managers in a rural, midwestern hospital resulted in an updated perioperative service area. A proposal targeted three areas: physical layout, patient education and documentation.
Heyrman
M L
ML
Hopkins
L H
LH
Stiene
S M
SM
Whelen
J K
JK
D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*