Communication Issues in Discharge Planning for Nurses teamwork approach to patient- and family-centered discharge planning will significantly reduce the number of patients. readmission (Lo, Stuenkel and Rodriguez, 2009, p. 160). Lo, Stuenkel, and Rodriguez (2009) emphasize that organized and well-prepared discharge planning, patient education with multilingual services, and the use of different teaching methods significantly improve patient outcomes (p. 157). These include experienced and well-taught follow-up phone call sessions after discharge as well as ensuring adequate post-operative care continues. Another way nurses provide planned discharge teaching is to provide a straightforward checklist for the patient and family to follow. It must be understood that these approaches will require nurses and other health care providers to develop a safe transition of patients home. General discharge education is very complex to teach to nurses and patients to understand it completely. One must understand how years of experience in multiple acute care settings have a major influence in planning an adequate amount of discharge education. During hospital stays, patients and their families are typically very stressed and require advanced nursing care. Based on the studies carried out, several staff training methods have been suggested. However, many studies have pointed out that verbal discharge teaching alone has not been shown to be very effective. Therefore, Morderchai (2009) emphasizes that nurses must periodically learn how to prepare and teach effective discharge teaching in "pre-licensure programs and middle of paper ......acute care to home: a review of issues in exit education and a framework for best practice. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(3). Mesteig, M., Helbostad, JL, Sletvold, O., Røsstad, T. and Saltvedt, I. (2010). Adverse incidents during the transition of geriatric patients from hospital to home: a prospective observational study. BMC Health Services Research, 10(1), 1.Nosbusch, JM, Weiss, ME, & Bobay, KL (2011). An integrated review of the literature on the challenges faced by acute care nurses in discharge planning. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(5‐6), 754–774.Reynolds, MAH (2009). Discharge teaching of postoperative pain management in a rural population. Pain Management Nursing, 10(2), 76-84. Is “relearning” associated with knowledge retention and hospital readmission among patients hospitalized for heart failure?

Essay / Communication Issues in Discharge Planning for Nurses teamwork approach to patient- and family-centered discharge planning will significantly reduce the number of patients. readmission (Lo, Stuenkel and Rodriguez, 2009, p. 160). Lo, Stuenkel, and Rodriguez (2009) emphasize that organized and well-prepared discharge planning, patient education with multilingual services, and the use of different teaching methods significantly improve patient outcomes (p. 157). These include experienced and well-taught follow-up phone call sessions after discharge as well as ensuring adequate post-operative care continues. Another way nurses provide planned discharge teaching is to provide a straightforward checklist for the patient and family to follow. It must be understood that these approaches will require nurses and other health care providers to develop a safe transition of patients home. General discharge education is very complex to teach to nurses and patients to understand it completely. One must understand how years of experience in multiple acute care settings have a major influence in planning an adequate amount of discharge education. During hospital stays, patients and their families are typically very stressed and require advanced nursing care. Based on the studies carried out, several staff training methods have been suggested. However, many studies have pointed out that verbal discharge teaching alone has not been shown to be very effective. Therefore, Morderchai (2009) emphasizes that nurses must periodically learn how to prepare and teach effective discharge teaching in "pre-licensure programs and middle of paper ......acute care to home: a review of issues in exit education and a framework for best practice. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(3). Mesteig, M., Helbostad, JL, Sletvold, O., Røsstad, T. and Saltvedt, I. (2010). Adverse incidents during the transition of geriatric patients from hospital to home: a prospective observational study. BMC Health Services Research, 10(1), 1.Nosbusch, JM, Weiss, ME, & Bobay, KL (2011). An integrated review of the literature on the challenges faced by acute care nurses in discharge planning. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(5‐6), 754–774.Reynolds, MAH (2009). Discharge teaching of postoperative pain management in a rural population. Pain Management Nursing, 10(2), 76-84. Is “relearning” associated with knowledge retention and hospital readmission among patients hospitalized for heart failure?

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