June 28, 2011AORN Journal

Using Nurse‐to‐Patient Telephone Calls to Reduce Day‐of‐Surgery Cancellations

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Why the study?

Does a preoperative nurse-to-patient telephone call reduce day-of-surgery cancellations in ambulatory surgical center patients?

Population

Patients scheduled for surgery at the University of North Carolina Health Care ambulatory surgical center

Authors

KHKimberly HauflerUniversity of North Carolina Health Care MHMary HarringtonUniversity College Cork

Discussion

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Implication

May support nurse calls to cut cancellations; hypothesis-generating pending randomized confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does a preoperative nurse-to-patient telephone call reduce day-of-surgery cancellations in ambulatory surgical center patients?

Population

Patients scheduled for surgery at the University of North Carolina Health Care ambulatory surgical center

Intervention

Preoperative telephone call by a nurse three business days before scheduled surgery using a script to communicate information and address concerns

Outcome

Daily cancellation rate

Preoperative nurse-to-patient telephone calls can significantly reduce day-of-surgery cancellations and improve OR utilization in ambulatory surgical centers.

Cite This Study

Haufler et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a796ae1756812e395890a14 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aorn.2010.12.024

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Using Nurse‐to‐Patient Telephone Calls to Reduce Day‐of‐Surgery Cancellations

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Using Nurse‐to‐Patient Telephone Calls to Reduce Day‐of‐Surgery Cancellations

Discussion

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Implication

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