From Boarding to Flow: Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions to Reduce PACU Length of Stay in a Governmental Hospital.
PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of a nurse-led, multifaceted quality improvement initiative on reducing post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) length of stay (LOS) and patient boarding in a governmental hospital. DESIGN Quality improvement study using a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) framework and pre-post intervention evaluatio...