Ambulatory Care

Ambulatory care nurses specialize in performing a wide range of medical services on an outpatient basis.

Nurses typically undergo two to three years of intensive education at a degree-granting nursing institute or university, with a strong emphasis on clinical knowledge and experience. During this time, they will gain real-world and hands-on experience working in a hospital, continuing to specialize in various nursing practices. Many go on to achieve a master’s degree in nursing, further enhancing their technical and practical experience.

Ambulatory care nurses perform many procedures each day, giving them exceptional experience and proficiency in a range of vital medical techniques.

Ambulatory care covers a wide range of procedures, meaning a wide range of patients can benefit from it.

Typically, patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment will undergo the procedure in an ambulatory care setting. Blood transfusions are also usually performed on an outpatient basis by the ambulatory care team.

Generally speaking, any frequent or scheduled non-intensive medical procedure or treatment required by most patients will be performed by an ambulatory care nurse.

By their very nature, ambulatory care procedures are done with the understanding that the patient will be able to head home following the service.

Depending on which procedure you get, there will be varying recovery times. Chemotherapy treatment can take several days for the side effects to wear off, whereas a blood transfusion will take just a few hours.