Day surgery; contemporary approaches to nursing care

Introduction to day surgery / by Phillapa Ryan Withero -- Models of care / by Fiona Timmins -- Nurse led pre admission clinics / by Jo Gilmartin -- Practice development initiatives / by Robert McSherry, Kay Scott, Karen Farlow -- Management perspectives / by Anne Marie Brady -- Communication issues in day surgery / by Catherine McCabe -- Providing information and support to patients / by Margaret McCann.

The evolution of day surgery has heralded a new era of medical, anaesthetic and nursing knowledge, skills and practice. Day Surgery: Contemporary Approaches to Nursing Care explores the familiar concepts within nursing, such as evidence-based practice, patient-centred communication, management, practice development and models of care, and uses these theoretical constructs to provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary services and nursing approaches within day surgery. This book is written with the intention of providing nurses working in day surgery with a comprehensive applied text that can be used as a reference when caring for patients.