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The discharge liaison nurse at the interface of hospital and community nursing services
Author(s) -
Armitage Sue K,
Kavanagh Kay M
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.1996.tb00055.x
Subject(s) - nursing , community hospital , medicine , discharge planning , hospital discharge , acute care , community nursing , district nurse , health care , intensive care medicine , economics , economic growth
The organization of nursing into hospital and community services makes the smooth transition of care between hospital and community difficult to establish. This paper describes the function of discharge liaison nurses as one facet of a study designed to determine how hospital and community nurses perceive their provision of continuing patient care. Semi‐focused interviews were conducted with 12 hospital nurses and 12 community nurses to explore their perceptions of discharge planning related experiences. Hospital and community nurses both relied on discharge liaison nurse to provide a link between hospital and community services. The practice of discharge liaison nurses as facilitators and co‐ordinators of discharge planning are discussed.