Registered nurses in day clinics
Who they are, what they do and which devices they use: a research-based profile for recruiting this target group for MedTech and pharma projects.
Overview
Registered nurses in day clinics look after people who come to hospital for a procedure and go home again on the same day. They assess and determine the individual need for nursing care. They organise the nursing process and assure the quality of care. Their training enables them to care for people of all ages. The work is considered professionally demanding.
Profession by country
Fields of use and typical tasks
Tagesklinik
Evidence from: DE, AT, CH
- Nursing care and counselling before, during and after therapy
- Administering infusion therapy
- Monitoring infusion therapy
- Taking part in regular further training
- Receiving patients at the day clinic's nursing station and accompanying them to their room
- Preoperative history and physical, patient education and pre-surgery tests
Specializations
Devices and systems they use
Who they work with
- Surgeons
- Anaesthesiologists
- Operating theatre nurses
Frequently asked questions
Who determines the patients' nursing care needs?
Assessing and determining the individual need for nursing care is one of the tasks of registered nurses.
Who organises the nursing workflows?
Registered nurses organise the nursing process and assure the quality of care.
Which age groups does the professional group have experience with?
The training prepares nurses to care for people of all ages, including children and adolescents.
What do nurses do in a surgical day clinic?
In one facility specialist nurses prepare patients for the procedure and monitor them afterwards, including circulation and pain, and check dressings. Patients usually go home a few hours later (example from one facility).
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Sources
- Pflegefachausbildung, Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Bundesamt für Familie und zivilgesellschaftliche Aufgaben (DE)
- Tagesklinik Haus 1, Oberösterreichische Gesundheitsholding, Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Steyr (AT)
- Onkologische Tagesklinik, Klinikum Stuttgart, Katharinenhospital, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin (DE)
- Ihr Tag in der operativen Tagesklinik, Ordensklinikum Linz (AT)
- Operative Tagesklinik, Ordensklinikum Linz (AT)
- Ambulantes Operationszentrum, Kantonsspital Baden AG (CH)
- Same-Day Services: Surgical Excellence, Simplified, Pullman Regional Hospital (Pullman, Washington) (US)
- Adult Infusion Center, Unit Scope, UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville, Florida) (US)