Could Your Patient be Taking Uber or Lyft Post-Anesthesia? A New Era for Transportation Policy and Practice Considerations.

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to examine nurse anesthetists' practice and encounters with ambulatory surgery patients experiencing transportation difficulties after the provision of anesthesia.

Design: A mixed method approach was used.

Methods: An eleven-item questionnaire was disseminated nationally to 2,827 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) practicing in the outpatient setting.