Nurses' knowledge, perception and practice toward discharge planning in acute care settings: A systematic review.
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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 discharge; patients and their family members' negative attitudes towards DP; and perceiving DP as excessive, time-consuming paperwork for which the physician is responsible. Better time management during work improves DP in acute care settings.
SUBMITTER: Hayajneh AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424454 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Nurses' knowledge, perception and practice toward discharge planning in acute care settings: A systematic review.
Hayajneh Audai A AA Hweidi Issa M IM Abu Dieh Milian W MW
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<h4>Aim</h4>Discharge planning (DP) guides patients' transition to out-hospital services. This systematic review investigates nurses' knowledge, perception and practices of discharge planning.<h4>Design</h4>We conducted a systematic review following PRISMA guidelines.<h4>Methods</h4>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 ...[more]
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