Timely Discharge from Hospital.
Title:
Timely Discharge from Hospital.
Author:
Lees, Liz.
ISBN:
9781907830556
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (433 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Prelims -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- SECTION 1: The fundamentals of discharge practice -- Chapter 1 What is best practice for timely discharge? -- Chapter 2 How senior nurses can maintain strategic organisational momentum in safe discharge practice -- Chapter 3 Implementation of nurse-facilitated discharge from hospital -- Chapter 4 Safeguarding issues for the transfer of patients -- SECTION 2: The UK perspective on discharge policy and practice -- Chapter 5 Discharge policy and practice in England -- Chapter 6 Reforming discharge services in western Ireland -- Chapter 7 Reforming discharge services in Wales -- Chapter 8 Reforming discharge services in Scotland -- SECTION 3: Multi-professional discharge practice considerations -- Chapter 9 Effective discharge of those with complex care needs -- Chapter 10 An exploration of discharge coordinator roles -- Chapter 11 Occupational therapists and collaborative working -- Chapter 12 Medication considerations and discharge -- Chapter 13 Doctors, ward rounds, discharge and the interface with the multidisciplinary team -- Chapter 14 Patient involvement and patient perspectives on discharge -- SECTION 4: Education for discharge planning -- Chapter 15 Developing educational opportunities to fit the future workforce -- Chapter 16 Competency in discharge planning and role development -- Chapter 17 Blended learning using computer assisted technology (CAL) -- SECTION 5: Discharge practice case studies -- Part A: Case studies from surgery, elective care and care pathways -- Chapter 18 Nurse-facilitated discharge for adult surgical patients -- Chapter 19 Integrating predicted date of discharge to reduce length of stay -- Chapter 20 A 'bed-less service': Cataract surgery.
Chapter 21 Using integrated care pathways to support the discharge of dying patients to their preferred place of care -- Chapter 22 Benefits of nurse-facilitated discharge for paediatric day-case surgery -- Part B: Cases from medicine, care of older people, and unscheduled care -- Chapter 23 The role of the Rapid Emergency Assessment and Communication Team (REACT) -- Chapter 24 Evidence that nurse-facilitated discharge works in practice in acute medicine -- Chapter 25 Discharging patients from clinical decision units -- Chapter 26 Considerations when patients are transferred from hospital to intermediate care -- Chapter 27 Estimated discharge dates: Putting theory into practice -- Chapter 28 Advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs)in acute medicine and their role indischarge practice -- Part C: Cases from primary care or involving multi-agency partners -- Chapter 29 Emergency patient placement from Acute Medical Unit (AMU) -- Chapter 30 District nurses working with hospitals to expedite patient discharge -- Chapter 31 Multi-professional working with complex patients and long-term conditions -- Chapter 32 Facilitation of hospital discharge within a community intravenous therapy service -- Index.
Abstract:
Following on from the very popular first book 'Nurse Facilitated Hospital Discharge''In these challenging economic times, with change and cost saving being predominant features in the NHS, I offer you, the reader, a thought: "The faster the speed at which you travel, the further ahead you need to look", to adapt current practice, and align it to future needs, to deliver value for money.'Liz LeesTimely Discharge From Hospital is aimed at practitioners working in acute, community, intermediate and ambulatory care settings; all areas of practice are featured. Each section is arranged in themes but written to stand alone, allowing the reader to dip in and out. The book is further enhanced by a comprehensive selection of case studies.Part 1: Fundamental perspectives of practice - there are 3 leading chapters which set the scene for the discharge of patients from hospital.Part 2: The UK perspective - there are 4 chapters which demonstrate policy, practice and progress regarding discharge planning in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Part 3: Education and training - there are 3 chapters which interface theory with practice providing a sense of direction in education to lead and support practitioners wishing to develop mechanisms for training.Part 4: Multi professional considerations of patient discharge in practice - there are 7 chapters which explore the contribution of different professionals to timely discharge practice. The Nursing coordination & complex discharge issues, Pharmacy, PALs, Medicine, Occupational Therapy and Bed management are all featured.Part 5: Case examples in practice - There are 14 pragmatic cases which illuminate practice points from a clinical perspective.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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