Discharge Planning Challenges In Nursing

Since I work in the hospital setting with a cardiology group, there is not a lot of large quality and risk management projects that take place within our group; however, we do try to do our own risk management and quality improvements to enhance patient safety and efficiency. One of the challenges that we face is the discharge planning process or the lack there of. We typically do not admit patients, and the majority of the time we are consulted to see patients regarding an acute and chronic cardiac conditions. Many times, the hospitalist are pressured to discharge a patient within 3-4 days of admission. Therefore, one problem area that has been identified, was the discharge medications were not accurate. The hospitalist would write the