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New Frontiers

By Carol Petersen
March 2008
 
[excerpt]      By formally defining the professional roles and contributions of perioperative registered nurses, the PNDS provides a foundation for evaluating outcomes across caregivers and practice settings.
This, in turn, holds the promise     of uncovering new clinical relationships and promoting new methods for advancing patient care. 
...As the perioperative nursing record is increasingly incorporated into the hospital electronic infrastructure, the advantages of implementing the PNDS grow accordingly. Read more >