Registered nurse-led Group Medical Appointments for preoperative cataract patients.
In summary, our findings have found the Registered Nurse Led Group Medical Appointments for preoperative cataract patients to be very beneficial for both our patients and providers. This type of preoperative education fully utilizes the expertise of the CRNO in a way that is professionally rewarding to the nurse and adds value to the entire ophthalmic team. Due to the success of this program, we are now considering building a nurse led group educational program that would meet the needs of our patients with macular degeneration and glaucoma. Additionally, as a result of this study a new position (0.75 FTE) was created in the Ophthalmology Department at Palo Alto Medical Foundation for an Ophthalmic Nurse Educator.
Burlew-Quartey
Julie A
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Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA. Burlewj@pamf.org
D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000451:nursing*; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000451:nursing*