Webber-Maybank Melanie, Luton Helen
University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Wales.
Nurs Times. 2009 Apr 21;105(15):12-3.
This article outlines an initiative by nursing staff in the elective orthopaedic department at Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust to improve discharge planning for all patients on the ward. It describes how renewed focus on the predicted discharge date among multidisciplinary teams and patients themselves increased the proportion of patients who went home by or before their target date and reduced the average length of stay.
本文概述了卡迪夫和韦尔国民保健服务信托基金择期骨科部门护理人员发起的一项倡议，旨在改善病房所有患者的出院计划。它描述了多学科团队和患者自身对预计出院日期的重新关注如何提高了在目标日期或之前出院的患者比例，并缩短了平均住院时间。
