title: Critical thinking, collaboration, and communication: the three "Cs" of quality preoperative screening.
abstract: The Preoperative Clinic at Children's Hospital Boston has established a unique collaborative approach to ensure that individualized perioperative plans of care are created for patients, which goes beyond traditional preoperative screening. This article describes the Preoperative Clinic's operational model and explains the significant role the health care record review nurse plays in developing these perioperative plans of care.
authors.affiliation: Preoperative Clinic, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02360, USA. maryellen.mulcahy@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Maryellen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mulcahy
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013850:Thinking