Process of Nursing Practice among Expert Nurses in Relation to Discharge Support for Long-Term Patients with Schizophrenia

Abstract

Objectives is study aimed to identify the process of nursing practice among expert nurses in relation to long-term patients with schizophrenia, from the time when the nurses started to consider patient discharge and provide discharge support to the completion of such support. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with 13 nurses who consented to participate

Intermediate Care for Patient-Centered Care, Shared Decision Making, and Hospital Discharge Support in a Japanese Acute Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…Nevertheless, in Japan, wards with intermediate care services, namely, a convalescence rehabilitation ward (Kaifukuki Rehabilitation Ward: "K-ward") [17] and a community-based care ward ("C-ward") [18], are implemented as policies. A "K-ward" and a "C-ward" provide hospital discharge support, and various instruments have been developed to improve the quality of hospital discharge support care [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31].…”