Developing quality assurance programs in ambulatory surgery.
Cost and efficiency are only two outcomes considered in evaluating surgical ambulatory services. More important, quality of care and the patient's physical and emotional health and well-being must be evaluated. Nurse practitioners play a key role in initiating and implementing quality assurance programs to meet these outcomes.
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Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University, New York, USA.
D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care