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Children/adolescents admitted to the hospital, should have documentation in the medical record of written discharge instructions provided to their family/caregivers that contained the following: Admission and discharge diagnoses
In the framework, we describe processes to 1) initiate pediatric discharge care, 2) develop discharge care plans, 3) monitor discharge progress, and 4) finalize discharge. We contextualize these processes with a clinical case of a child undergoing hospital discharge.
1 kwi 2021 · One in five pediatric patients suffers from adverse events related to hospital discharge. Current literature lacks evidence on effective interventions to improve caregiver comprehension (CC) of discharge instructions.
Discharge reference guide and tools to support health and care professionals to improve practice for all children and young people requiring a complex discharge from hospital to home and beyond.
The skills of pediatric nurses in “delivering” discharge teaching to parents of hospitalized children is important to promoting feelings of readiness for discharge and the transition to care of the child at home.
Hospitals and hospital systems are encouraged to address CPS in their discharge policies and to consider these recommendations and best practices as they develop and implement their policies.
In the framework, we describe processes to (1) initiate pediatric discharge care, (2) develop discharge care plans, (3) monitor discharge progress, and (4) finalize discharge. We contextualize these processes with a clinical case of a child undergoing hospital discharge.
