Effect of the discharge planning education for ward nurses

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24792594
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Tokyo Women's Medical University
• Principal Investigator: SAKAI Shima 東京女子医科大学, 看護学部, 講師 (40439831)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 退院支援 / 病棟看護師 / 教育介入

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to develop a discharge planning educational program for ward nurses and to evaluate the effect of that program. Evaluation indicators were 1)Discharge Planning Scale for Ward Nurses (DPWN), 2)the average length of stay, 3)the medical addition cost for discharge planning. I selected the following subjects by convenience sampling: 2726 intervention group in 12 hospitals, 1975 control group in 9 hospitals. In the intervention group,the score of subscale“teaching home-care skills with community/hospital professionals”increased and decreased the average length of stay. It was suggested that the discharge planning educational program effected an improvement for ward nurses discharge planning practices and shortening of the duration of hospitalization.

Free Research Field

老年看護学