Aim To report on an analysis on the concept of 'readiness for hospital discharge'.
Background No uniform operational definition of 'readiness for hospital discharge'exists in …

Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge readiness is defined as the masterful
attainment of technical skills and knowledge, emotional comfort, and confidence with infant …

Purpose This study explored the sequential relationships of parent perceptions of the quality
of their discharge teaching and nurse and parent perceptions of discharge readiness to post …

Background Discharge education is essential for postoperative general surgery patients for
their self-management of care at home post discharge. The first 30 days' post-surgery is …

Validation of Patient and Nurse Short Forms of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale
and Their Relationship to Return to the Hospital - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH …

Importance Patient concerns at or before discharge inform many transitional care
interventions; few studies examine patients' perceptions of self-care and other factors related …

Objectives To understand from a patient and carer perspective:(1) what features of the
discharge process could be improved to avoid early unplanned hospital readmission (within …

Aims and objectives To examine the level of perception of the quality of discharge teaching
and its associations with the readiness for hospital discharge among surgical patients in …

Objective To describe parent perceptions of their child's hospital discharge and assess the
relationship between these perceptions and hospital readmission. Design A prospective …

coffey a. & mccarthy gm (2013) Older people's perception of their readiness for discharge
and postdischarge use of community support and services. International Journal of Older …