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May 23-24, 2019 | Vienna, Austria
Nursing Care
28th International Conference on
Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
Responsibilities of the Nurse in discharge planning
Ayfer Ekim
Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Discharge planning is an interdisciplinary approach to
continuityofcareandaprocessthatincludesidentification,
assessment, goal setting, planning, implementation,
coordination, and evaluation. Discharge planning is rather
crucial in order to raise the quality of care, identify home care
needs and to provide continuity of care. American Nursing
Association (ANA) states that “it is the responsibility of nurses
to arrange the environment for the next step of caring process
and to prepare the patient and his/her family and to ensure
the continuity of care.” Nurses, as health care providers with
permanent communication with patients, have a key role in
the planning of discharge process. Nurses are able to assess
continuous care needs by observing social support systems
together with patients and their families via the permanent
communication. An effective discharge planning includes
the factors as effective communication, a multidisciplinary
approach, assessment of needs of patients and home
conditions as well. The nurse is responsible for evaluating the
understanding of the patient and caregiver about self-care,
treatment and rehabilitation. It should be a part of nursing
process to prepare the patient and the family by planing and
implementing required interventions for the transition process.
Depending on the status of the disease, the patient and the
family should acquire some newskills and it is the responsibility
of the nurse to help them on the issue. Discharge planning is
absolutely important to improve health-outcomes and to
protect readmission. Discharge planning should be integrated
intonursingcareplananditshouldbeimplementedaccordingly.
Speaker Biography
Ayfer Ekim is an Associate Professor at Department of Nursing, Istanbul
Bilgi University, Turkey. She has completed her PhD at Marmara
University Department of Pediatric Nursing. She has published peer
reviewed articles in journals such as Clinical Nursing Research, Pain
Management Nursing and International Journal of Nursing Knowledge.
Her research interests’ focus on childhood chronic diseases, pain
management and nursing theory and models. She is a reviewer in
many international nursing journals. She still works as a researcher and
educator in the field of pediatric nursing.
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