title: Practically perfect planning.
abstract: Planning is a routine human activity performed daily that often challenges confident professionals. The nursing process, adapted as a planning tool, provides the means to achieve institutional goals. The application of the nursing process to planning in one operating room setting resulted in the preparation of more than 1,500 surgical case supply preference lists in 5 weeks' time. The achievement facilitated timely implementation of an automated charging system for surgical cases through practically perfect planning.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hinderer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D010934:Planning Techniques