Dare to excel in ambulatory surgery.

Outpatient surgery is not just an off-shoot or satellite of maturing inpatient care. It is a distinct entity and one nursing can use to full advantage. It is a superb clinical laboratory for nursing students who are studying perioperative nursing. Here, students can see all three phases of patient care in three to four hours. I chose the field of ambulatory surgery and found a new venture and a clinical area ready for creative ideas and new ways of implementing the nursing process. One characteristic of excellent companies, say Peters and Waterman, is the presence of champions. "The champion is not a blue-sky dreamer, or an intellectual giant. The champion might even be an idea thief. But, above all, he's the pragmatic one who grabs onto someone else's theoretical construct if necessary and bullheadedly pushes it to fruition." Are you a champion, and what will you do to make your ambulatory surgery center be known as the best?