Nurses' performance on hospital discharge: patients' point of view

Acta Paulista de Enfermagem

Daniele Alcalá Pompeo²  Maria Helena Pinto¹  Claudia Bernardi Cesarino¹  Renilda Rosa Dias Ferreira De Araújo¹  Nadia Antonia Aparecida Poletti¹ 

[1] ,University of Sao Paulo Nursing Graduate Program Sao Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: Patient discharge;    Nursing care;    Nursing;    Health need assessment;    Patient care planning;    Alta do paciente;    Cuidados de enfermagem;    Enfermagem;    Determinação de necessidades de cuidados de saúde;    Planejamento de assistência ao paciente;    Alta del paciente;    Cuidados de enfermería;    Enfermería;    Determinación de necesidades de cuidados de salud;    Planificación de la asistencia al paciente;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-21002007000300017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To know the hospital discharge process in place and the nurses' performance in preparing patients for discharge. METHODS: A descriptive study using semi-structured interviews was used to collect data from 43 patients of medical-surgical units of a major teaching hospital in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. RESULTS: The majority of patients (83.72%) received tailored discharge instructions. However, a great number of patients (72.08%) reported discharge instructions were not given by nurses. Almost a half of patients (48.84%) reported that discharge instructions were given by their physicians. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study provide insights to improve the educational process of new nurses and their preparation to provide effective discharge instructions. There is also a need to design and implement a hospital discharge process that promotes the participation of interdisciplinary health care providers who are involved in patient clinical care. This discharge process might be an effective way to change health care providers' attitude toward discharge instructions.

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