title: Selecting the perioperative patient focused model.
abstract: The Project Team on a Perioperative Model was charged with finding or creating a theoretical model for perioperative nursing. Team members evaluated 15 existing theories and decided to use the conceptual model developed by AORN's Data Elements Coordinating Committee. The Perioperative patient Focused Model is logical, and the concepts and principles are supported in practice environments.
authors.affiliation: Delaware County Community College, Media, Pa., USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rothrock
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009742:Nursing Theory; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States