Standardizing the Inpatient Pre-Op Process

Standardizing the process of Inpatient Pre-Op addresses patient safety concerns that arise from a lack of RN to RN report, multiple hand-offs in care, and delays in patient surgery. Previously there was no RN to RN verbal handoff, as the OR unit coordinator would call the Inpatient RN to bring the patient to Pre-Op. The lack of RN to RN verbal handoff resulted in incomplete transfer of care elements. No verbal handoff has the potential for patient errors, delays in surgery, and incomplete patient preparation prior to surgery.

Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - July 31, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Tracy Herbert, Amber Senetza, Ashley Medl Tags: ASPAN National Conference Abstract Source Type: research