The implications of day surgery for in-patient hospital wards
Edwards, N.
Nursing Times 92(37): 32-34
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762 PMID: 8920286 Document Number: 458185
Day surgery is seen as cost-effective and it has reduced waiting list times. This paper shows, however, that its effects on in-patient wards, nurses' workload and emergency medical occupancy of surgical beds have given rise to unexpected problems and that nurses' roles in hospitals and in the community are affected by these changes.
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