Patient Education

One Stop Post-Op  Q&As
If that’s the way it’s always been done, why are the Heart Center hospitals using One-Stop Post Op?
Until recently, no one considered outfitting a single room, or its unit, with the equipment and staffing necessary to meet the needs of a patient throughout his/her stay in a hospital. Instead, hospitals use centralized locations designed to meet the needs of each phase of recovery. For instance, ICUs were developed to care for the most critically ill patients, including those in the very challenging first hours after an operation, no matter what kind of operation it was.

We’re using the One-Stop Post Op model because it gives a patient more consistent access to the hospital’s highly trained cardiac staff working together in the same place.

How does One-Stop Post Op improve patient care?
Because the training requirements are very different for cardiac nurses in the ICU and cardiac nurses in step-down units, there could be delays in treating complications that might develop in a traditional step-down unit. With One-Stop Post Op, those variations in staff training are eliminated and treatment can be delivered more quickly.

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