Nurses' knowledge, perception and practice toward discharge planning in acute care settings: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Discharge planning (DP) guides patients' transition to out-hospital services. This systematic review investigates nurses' knowledge, perception and practices of discharge planning.

Design

We conducted a systematic review following PRISMA guidelines.

Methods

Search terms were used to identify research studies published between 1990-2020 across six databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE, PubMed, Complete Academic search, Science Direct and Google Scholar. A total of nine studies met the inclusion criteria.

Results

Nine articles revealed nurses' knowledge, perspectives and practices of discharge planning. Obstacles included low-level knowledge of patients' activities and discharge; inability to define DP; debates over the timing of beginning, implementing and preparing di

SUBMITTER: Hayajneh AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424454 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature