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Into the unknown: establishing a new service in an acute hospital setting

01 November 2004

Nursing Older People

Care

One of the key targets associated with Standard 4 (general hospital care) of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) (Department of Health 2001) is the...

Discharge planning

16 October 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Two audits were conducted by a small team of nurses to measure the effectiveness of discharge management and planning in a four-ward orthopaedic and...

Discharge planning: the role of the discharge co-ordinator

05 February 2009

Nursing Older People

Clinical

Research spanning 30 years has highlighted discharge planning as a complex area of practice. Discharge co-ordinators are part of the support provided to improve the...

Estimating date of discharge at ward level: a pilot study

05 January 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Reimbursement is part of the government’s strategy to reduce the level of delayed patient discharge from hospital. This article describes a pilot study,...

The nursing role in preventing delay in patient discharge

13 September 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article uses a case scenario of a delayed patient discharge to explore multidisciplinary discharge planning. The common causes of delayed discharge are...

Early discharge following uncomplicated appendicectomy in children

01 September 2004

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

This cohort evaluation investigated the discharge of 15 children within 12 to 24 hours following an uncomplicated appendicectomy who were subsequently supported by...

Complex care packages: supporting seamless discharge for child and family

01 September 2005

Paediatric Nursing

General

Navigating a discharge from hospital to home can be a protracted process fraught with difficulties for a child with complex care needs. Poorly co-ordinated planning...

Compiling, costing and funding complex packages of home-based health care

01 June 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Nurses play a central role in putting together complex packages of care to support children with complex healthcare needs and their families in the community....

Hospital at home: a resurgence

14 September 2008

Primary Health Care

General

Healthcare providers are under pressure to deliver cost-effective care to a population that is ageing. Increased longevity means the number of patients with...