378 Results for Patient Experience
Patient Experience

Anesthesia's Role in Curbing the Opioid Epidemic

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors06/24/2016

Anesthesia's role in curbing the opioid epidemic. Q&A with Asim Alam, MD, FRCPC, DRCPC, anesthesiologist and opioid-use researcher.

Patient Experience

New Strategies to Prevent Nausea and Vomiting After Surgery

By: Tong Gan06/24/2016

New strategies to prevent nausea and vomiting after surgery. Updated guidelines tell us how to manage patients who are at increased risk for PONV.

Patient Experience

Fixing Our Broken Pre-Admission Process

By: Edward Conklin, Karen Burns, Karen Burns05/06/2016

Fixing our broken pre-admission process. We met our goal of 100% chart readiness by 6 p.m. on the night before surgery.

Patient Experience

Take Our Blanket Warmers Quiz

By: Daniel Cook03/10/2016

Take our blanket warmers quiz. Bonus points if you know the recommended maximum temperature for warming cabinets, and if warmed blankets can burn a patient.

Patient Experience

Is Prolonged Fasting Hurting Your Patients?

By: Dan O'Connor03/10/2016

Is prolonged fasting hurting your patients? Our survey found that most surgical facilities routinely instruct patients to fast for excessively long pre-op periods

Patient Experience

12 Tips for Safe Trendelenburg Positioning

By: Ali Ghomi03/10/2016

12 tips for safe Trendelenburg positioning. Read this surgeon's advice before you lower the head and raise the feet of another patient.

Patient Experience

Safe at Home

By: Gary Levengood01/13/2016

Safe at home. Ensuring rehab goes smoothly in the weeks after surgery is the final piece of the patient care puzzle.

Patient Experience

Who Are the Best Candidates For Same-Day Joints?

By: Kendal Gapinski01/13/2016

Who are the best candidates for same-day joints? Set a foundation for success by selecting suitable patients.

Patient Experience

4 Burning Questions About Patient Warming

By: Dan O'Connor12/02/2015

4 burning questions about patient warming. A skirmish over the science of warming is heating up.

Patient Experience

Strategies for More Precise Surgical Fluid Management

By: Dan O'Connor11/03/2015

Strategies for more precise surgical fluid management. Your intraoperative fluid therapy decisions influence post-operative outcomes.

Patient Experience

Would You Operate on This Patient?

By: Dan O'Connor10/06/2015

Would you operate on this patient? Let safety be your guide when deciding whether to take on borderline cases.

Patient Experience

Smoother IV Starts

By: Holly Wright10/06/2015

Smoother IV starts. Advice from the nurse who can do 10 sticks a day for a month without missing.

Patient Experience

Patient Warming Pays Off

By: Edie Patterson08/06/2015

Patient warming pays off. Our real-world research attempted to identify the most effective and economical option in hypothermia prevention.

Patient Experience

Positioned for Success

By: Benjamin Ward07/24/2015

Positioned for success. Situating patients properly provides surgeons with the access they need to optimize outcomes.

Patient Experience

The Gatekeepers of Ambulatory Surgery

By: Daniel Cook06/29/2015

The gatekeepers of ambulatory surgery. Q&A with Meena S. Desai, MD, an anesthesia society leader and patient safety advocate.

Patient Experience

4 Keys to a Sound Patient Warming Strategy

By: Jim Burger06/29/2015

4 keys to a sound patient warming strategy. Diminish the chilling impact of redistribution hypothermia.

Patient Experience

How We Prevent PONV

By: Christopher Smith06/29/2015

How we prevent PONV. For at-risk patients, targeted interventions spell relief.

Patient Experience

5 Keys to Managing Sleep Apnea

By: Reginald Baugh06/29/2015

5 keys to managing sleep apnea. Pre-op assessments and taking the proper precautions on the day of surgery will help keep these high-risk patients safe.

Patient Experience

The Long and Short of Hair Removal

By: Kendal Gapinski06/04/2015

The long and short of hair femoval. Find out how you measure up against industry standards and your colleagues.

Patient Experience

4 Secrets of Smooth IV Starts

By: Alice Cennamo06/04/2015

4 Secrets of smooth IV starts. An infusion nurse's practical advice for sidestepping common obstacles to first-stick success.

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