Day Surgery Australia is the official
journal of the Australian Day Surgery Nurses Association (ADSNA). This fully refereed
journal is distributed widely to day surgery professionals, as well as to
universities and nursing colleges.
The journal reflects current practice and
reports on new Australian and international trends and developments. In addition to
clinically-oriented material, the journal provides a forum for research reports,
discussion papers and networking.
Day surgery was first introduced into
Australia in 1982, now around 60% of all surgery conducted is day surgery. Today
there are 260 free standing day surgery centres in Australia and they continue
to be built.
ADSNA is developing distribution links in
New Zealand.