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Discharge Planning: Objectives and Benefits

This document discusses discharge planning, which involves preparing patients to leave a health service unit. The objectives are to help patients and families achieve optimal health levels, improve understanding of health issues and care needs, and ensure necessary referrals are made. Benefits include reduced recurrence, helping clients understand post-treatment needs and costs. Principles include consistency, assessing caregiver needs, and discharging patients to safe environments. Discharge types are conditional, absolute, and judicial. The stages are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

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Discharge Planning: Objectives and Benefits

This document discusses discharge planning, which involves preparing patients to leave a health service unit. The objectives are to help patients and families achieve optimal health levels, improve understanding of health issues and care needs, and ensure necessary referrals are made. Benefits include reduced recurrence, helping clients understand post-treatment needs and costs. Principles include consistency, assessing caregiver needs, and discharging patients to safe environments. Discharge types are conditional, absolute, and judicial. The stages are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

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Healthy regards to all of us

GROUP NAME :
 MOHAMAD ARDI AFRIANSA
 HENDRI DWI SAPUTRA
DISCHARGE PLANNING
DEFINITION
Kozier (2004) defined discharge planning as a
process of preparing the patient to leave on
service unit to another unit in or out of a public
health agent.
OBJECTIVES

 * The main objective is to help clients and families achieve optimal levels of
health
 * The purpose of planning the return of patients is
 to improve the understanding of patients and families about health problems,
possible complications and restrictions imposed on patients in hospitals.
 "Develop the ability to care for patients and families to meet patient needs and
provide a safe environment for patients.
 Ensure that the referrals needed for further care are made appropriately.
(Esther, 2005)
BENEFITS

1. Reduce the number of recurrence


2. Helping clients to understand the needs after
treatment and medical expenses.
3. Material for nursing documentation.
PRINCIPLES

• some of the principles put forward by The Royal Marsden Hospital


(2004), namely:
• Discharge planning procedures must be carried out consistently
with high quality in all patients.
• The need to provide care (care giver) must also be assessed.
• The patient must be discharged to a safe and adequate
environment.
• Information about the preparation of repatriation must be
informed between the health team and the patient / care giver
TYPE OF RECOVERY :

• Conditional discharge.
• Absolute discharge (absolute or permanent return)
• Judocal discharge (forced return)
Stages of Discharge Planning

1. Assessment
Important elements of assessment :
a. Health
b. Personal Data
c. Care giver
d. Environment
e. Finance and Services that can support
Next

2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation : execution of teaching plan
5. Evaluation
GRACIAS

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