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Determining Patient Discharge Criteria in an Outpatient Surgery Setting
Author(s) -
Kingdon Brenda,
Newman Kevin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60009-4
Subject(s) - checklist , outpatient surgery , medicine , discharge planning , patient discharge , hospital discharge , outpatient clinic , ambulatory care , patient care , nursing , patient education , medical emergency , emergency medicine , medline , health care , ambulatory , psychology , intensive care medicine , surgery , political science , law , economics , cognitive psychology , economic growth
• DISCHARGE OF AN OUTPATIENT surgical patient to home implies that the patient is clinically stable and capable, to some degree, of self‐care. Nurses currently have no formal evidence‐based clinical criteria to assist them in determining outpatient surgical patients' readiness for dis‐charge to home. Nurses often make discharge decisions based on their education, experience, and personal beliefs. • THE GOAL of this quality improvement project was to identify specific factors that outpatient surgery nurses consider in assessing readiness of patients for discharge. • THE RESULTS WERE USED to develop orientation and educational programs for outpatient surgery staff members and were incorporated into a patient discharge assessment checklist.