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Archive > November, 2004 Vol. V, No. 11

Ideas that Work

Give Patient Escorts a Beeper

Edited by Diana Procuniar, RN, BA, CNOR

Diana Procuniar, RN, BA, CNOR We've instituted a pager system for patient escorts that alerts them when their loved one's procedure is complete and the patient has been taken to the recovery room. Here's how it works.

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