Ayala Discharge Planning Checklist Discharging a patient from a hospital setting should be very easy‚ according to all of the patients that are in the hospital and don’t care about anything at the moment except getting home. While the patient is inpatient there are many things that could go wrong‚ however in house the patient is being controlled and managed. When a patient goes home there are no monitors or hourly blood draws to ensure their safety and survival. Discharge planning is not easy
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze my own experience and the research I found regarding discharge planning. Discharge planning consists of an array of assessments and teachings as the patient moves from one facility (hospital) to another (home‚ nursing home‚ etc.). Essentially‚ this is significant in preventing a patient from re-hospitalization. In regards to my patient‚ she received an assessment and teachings concerning her mental status‚ mobility‚ previous surgery‚ current medications‚ and
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nursing care. Discharge planning can be defined as the assessment of inpatients medical conditions for the purpose of arranging appropriate care upon leaving the facility‚ within this planning it includes how long the patient will be in the hospital‚ the expected outcomes and whether there are special needs or requirements on discharge Watts and Garner‚ (2005). According to Goodman‚ (2010) a recent audit has identified that 16% of patients did not feel involved in their discharge arrangements. Rose
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Discharge Plannin Discharge planning is a process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community. It seeks to bridge the gap between hospital and the place to which the patient is discharged‚ reduce length of stay in hospital‚ and minimise unplanned readmission to hospital.1 Discharge planning is an established part of hospital care‚ but the process varies and is not entirely evidenced based. A Cochrane review
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TRANSITION OF CARE: EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY Describe the patients medical/clinical condition. This past December I observed the discharge of a patient from the Emergency Department that never should have taken place. The patient was a senior citizen who suffered a fall injury‚ and was diagnosed with bilateral humerus fractures. Her injuries did not require immediate surgical intervention and her pain was relatively well controlled. Therefore‚ the physician caring for her did not find it medically
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Patient education is described as any set of devised educational undertakings created to improve patients’ health. Its main objective is to conserve or to improve the health of the patient or‚ in some cases‚ to slow down the progression of the disease process. However‚ patient education goes beyond the main objective. An informed and educated patient can actively contribute in his or her own therapy‚ improve results‚ help detect mistakes before they happen‚ and decrease length of hospital stay
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of educating our patients as an RT is critical to the quality‚ self management and independence of our patients. A patient who has COPD is often using home care services and my role is to prepare them by educating what they can do for themselves‚ to ensure they are receiving the most out of their treatment plan. Moreover‚ this means understanding their disease‚ what to expect‚ and how to assist the medication to get the best results. An example of this is to educate the patient on when to cough
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Introduction Research has indicated that effective discharge planning reduces patient readmission to hospital. By critically analysing the practice of discharge planning from the acute care sector‚ the factors which contribute to effective discharge planning can be identified. Furthermore‚ by employing these key factors‚ an evidence based discharge plan can be produced for a person suffering the effects of drug and/or alcohol abuse. For many patients‚ getting ready to leave the hospital is one of the
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Background Failure to safely and appropriately discharge patients from the hospital is placing patients at risk‚ not to mention the increase costs to hospitals‚ providers‚ and insurers. Many acknowledge that the hospital discharge is non-standardized‚ unsystematic‚ and fragmented process (Anthony‚ Chetty‚ Kartha‚ McKenna‚ DePaoli‚ & Jack‚ 2005; Minott‚ 2008). Furthermore‚ the inefficiencies in the discharge planning process have also shown to have life-threatening implications‚ especially in association
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There were areas where care could have been provided to meet the needs of the couple as a whole and the caregiver as the primary person taking care of the patient. The couple needed to be addressed about discharge planning from admission so that they would have more time to prepare for the transition. This would have provided them with more time to digest and accept their circumstances‚ allow time for all the questions to be thought of and asked‚ and to gather all the available resource and information
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