Reduce Costs and Improve Patient Satisfaction with Home Pre-Operative Bowel Preparations

Autor: Hearn, Katherine, Dailey, Maureen, Harris, Michael T., Bodian, Carol
Zdroj: Nursing Case Management; January 2000, Vol. 5 Issue: 1 p13-25, 13p
Abstrakt: The results of a home-based preoperative bowel preparation, with and without the support of home care services, are compared with hospital-based preoperative bowel preparation. Length of stay, morbidity, and mortality rates; issues of patient satisfaction; and demographics are reported. The method and tools used in planning, implementing, and evaluating the home preoperative bowel preparation program are also shared.
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