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D E Henninger

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Management development: preparing nurse managers for the future. Part 1, Program model.

Nurse executives need to develop programs to help nurse managers meet rapidly changing role expectations and prepare for new healthcare challenges. This two-part series reports on one such program for nurse managers at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Part 1 describes the program model, its conceptual framework, and its various components. Part 2 will present an in-depth evaluation of the program and recommendations for future development.

Baltimore

Outpatient compliance with pre-operative NPO instructions.

In summary, ambulatory surgery requires patients and their families to assume responsibilities previously held by health care providers. These include preserving NPO instructions without the benefit of nurses present to prevent a break in the fast. Nurses responsibilities then, take on a different meaning. An essential nursing objective is to enlighten patients.

Ambulatory Care Facilities