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J Cagan
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A discharge planning tool for use with families of high-risk infants.
The transition from hospital care to home care for high risk infants can be facilitated by the process of discharge planning. A tool designed specifically to coordinate discharge counseling and instruction for parents of high-risk infants has been developed and implemented in a perinatal center. Preliminary results indicate that the tool enables the health team to make an objective, rather than subjective, decision in respect to discharge of infants. Use of the tool also standardizes and documents the nurse's role in discharge planning.
Evaluation of a discharge planning tool for use with families of high-risk infants.
The effectiveness of using a discharge planning tool for families with high-risk infants in a special care nursery is evaluated. Consistent use of the discharge planning tool resulted in parents' increased feeling of preparedness for discharge of their high-risk infants. Implications that resulted from the evaluation are presented.
Weaning parents from intensive care unit care.
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