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Discharge planning

01 January 1998

Nursing Management

Discharge planning

There is no state health system in the USA, as exists in Canada and the UK, and therefore individuals are responsible for the provision of funds to cover their own...

Improving discharge: the role of the discharge co-ordinator

26 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Care of older people

As the population ages, more and more people, especially those aged 85 years and over, have continuing healthcare needs (Audit Commission 1996). Increasingly, these...

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...

The link nurse: an approach to seamless discharge from a mental health unit

01 October 2004

Mental Health Practice

Care

Staff on Fosse Ward, an acute mental health inpatient unit in Leicester, recognised that patients’ discharges can be delayed due to factors such as limited family...

The discharge process for palliative care patients

09 July 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

In 1993, following implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act (Audit Commission 1990), the discharge of palliative care patients into the community became more...

Why patients self-discharge

01 May 2008

Nursing Management

Leadership

AS NURSE MANAGERS are aware, improvements to patient discharge procedures are being introduced and co-ordinated across the health and social care system (Department...

Estimating patient discharge dates

01 June 2008

Nursing Management

Leadership

AN EXRLORATATION of clinical, operational and patients’ perspectives of estimation of discharge dates was undertaken at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust as part...

How to map a patient’s social support network

01 March 2011

Nursing Older People

CPD

When patients are discharged from hospital they are dependent on the professional and social care delivered by healthcare staff and also on the support provided by...

Care home placement: can admission direct from acute hospital be justified?

01 September 2004

Nursing Older People

Care

Systematic and sensitive assessment is fundamental in services for older people and its importance is highlighted in current policy, particularly the single...

Discharge planning: the need for effective communication

12 June 1996

Nursing Standard

Liaison nursing

Discharge planning has been described as a process aimed at attaining continuity of care (Armitage 1991). This process should ensure a prompt and well orchestrated...