title: Ambulatory surgery. Preoperative assessment and health history interview.
abstract: Successful outcomes for the ambulatory surgery patient begin prior to admission. With skillful assessment, early identification of possible risk factors, appropriate interventions, and education to prepare the patient and the family for the care required preoperatively and postoperatively, many procedures previously requiring hospital admission can now be done through the ambulatory surgery department.
authors.affiliation: Admission Assessment Department, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires