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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

JULIO 1999 N° 17 Volumen 2

Surgical Day Hospital. Nursing Activities

Section: Hands on

Authors

1Pedro Ramos Ballesteros, 2María del Pilar Díaz Lavado

Position

1Enfermero Servicio de Urgencias. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid. 2Enfermera del Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.

Contact address

Hospital Ramón y Cajal. Carretera de Colmenar . 28034 Madrid.

Abstract

From January 1997 to June 1998 there have been 3985 patients programmed to be operated "by ambulatory surgery" in the surgical day hospital of 13 different areas of speciality.

There have been 3.779 interventions and 3.564 (94,3%) of the patients were released on the same day.

Activities carried out by the nursing staff: Detection of complications, making sure the patients meet the criteria to be released, psychological support, postoperation traking through the telephone, suggestions, etc... These are an essential part of the success of the program.

Keywords:

nursing activitiesambulatory surgery

Versión en Español

Título:

Hospital de Día Quirúrgico. Actividades de Enfermería