Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 435-437 , December 2005

Outpatient Surgery: A View Through History

  • Nancy Burden, RN, MS, CPAN, CAPA

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Nancy Burden, RN, MS, CPAN, CAPA, 10949 East Bay Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34655

References 

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  3. Burden N . The Specialty of Ambulatory Surgery . In:  Burden N editors. Ambulatory Surgical Nursing . 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders; 2000;p. 3–22
  4. FASA . Surgicenter Today . In: FASA Update . 2004;p. 23–27 May/June , XXI:3
  5. FASA. The History of ASCs. Available at www.fasa.org. Accessed July 18, 2005
  6. Philip B . A vision of the future arriving (A history of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia) . Ambulat Surg . 1993;1:77–79
  7. SAMBA. Society Information. Available at www.sambahq.org. Accessed July 18, 2005
  8. ABPANC. Historical Events in Perianesthesia Nursing Certification. Available at www.cpancapa.org. Accessed July 18, 2005

 Editor’s note: Nancy Burden, the “mother” of ambulatory surgery, has long lectured with humor and published the nuances of a developing practice No look at the past and present of perianesthesia practice could be complete without her input. After all, she wrote the book!

PII: S1089-9472(05)00279-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2005.09.004

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 435-437 , December 2005

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