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Archive > February, 2012 Vol. XIII, No. 2

Staffing

One Nurse, One Patient

Ermel Heuer

At our facility, the same nurse follows a patient from pre-op to the OR to PACU, never leaving the patient's side. We feel such dedicated care improves safety and satisfaction. While you may feel it's a drain on staffing and not nearly as efficient as the conventional assembly-line method of perioperative nursing, read on to see if our "primary care" model makes sense for you.

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