title: Assessing symptom distress in ambulatory surgery patients.
abstract: Symptom distress constitutes a major problem for patients and their families following ambulatory surgery, because managing symptom distress is their responsibility. It is essential that the assessment of symptom distress be an integral part of ambulatory surgery patient care delivery to decrease complications that occur when patients are sent home with unmet care needs.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Swan
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000451:nursing; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing