Patient outcomes: standards of perioperative care. From: AORN Journal | Date: February 1, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The Association of Operating Room Nurses's perioperative care patient outcome standards expressly interpret the kinds of nursing and medical care results patients are entitled to expect during surgical or other invasive procedures. Achievement of these standards are a perioperative nurse's primary concern. The standards concentrate on desirable outcomes in high-risk situations when the patients' ability to protect themselves may be lessened, such as while under anesthesia. A detailed point-by-point interpretation of the standards is provided.

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