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Home healthcare for patients receiving one-day mastectomy
1Visiting Nurse Association of Eastern Montgomery County, Abington Memorial Hospital, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA.
Home Healthcare Nurse
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
The pressure to cut costs has resulted in outpatient to 1-day hospital stays for women who have a modified radical mastectomy. This article discusses the need for early identification of patients who require home healthcare immediately after surgery to decrease complications and reduce postoperative anxiety.