Challenges of measuring intraoperative patient outcomes

The Perioperative Patient Focused Model incorporates AORN s patient outcomes standards of perioperative care. Although the outcomes were designed for perioperative practice, it is difficult to judge which outcome standards an intraoperative nurse might appropriately use to determine if the patient has achieve the desired result at the time of discharge from the OR. The purpose of this article is to explore whether intraoperative nurses can implement the new model by substituting intermediate patient outcomes to evaluate the effect of nursing care delivered during a surgical procedure.