Improving Safety and Handoff for the Fast Tracked Patient

Following an endoscopy procedure, most patients are fast tracked from the endoscopy suite to phase II. Some patients were returning to phase II from the endoscopy suite that had not achieved phase II status by evidence of decrease level of consciousness, difficult arousing, and unstable vital signs.
Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: ASPAN National Conference Abstract Source Type: research