Outpatient Surgery has identified its scope of care to include pre-anesthesia and post-anesthesia care, specifically to prepare the patient for surgery/procedure by assessing and evaluating his/her physical status via nursing assessment, by providing pre-operative or pre-procedure teaching/education, to assist the patient in returning to a safe physiological level after local, or local with sedation anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or completion of Phase I (PACU) care following general anesthesia, and to prepare the patient for discharge home.
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Mid Level