Abstract
Post Operative Urinary Retention (POUR) is a common problem encountered in ambulatory surgery centers across the U.S. Its frequency ranges from as low as 5% to as high as 70% (Baldini, 2009). Chestnut Ambulatory Surgery Center at Baystate Medical Center has identified POUR as a frequent postoperative complication which causes increased length of stay, nurse and patient dissatisfaction and inefficiencies with operating room throughput. Though nursing staff felt a large amount of patients developed POUR it was not evident exactly the percentage of patients.
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