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Discharge planning and transitional care: issues in Thai nursing
W Pichitpornchai1, A Street, T Boontong
1School of Nursing, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Wanpen@latrobe.edu.au
International Journal of Nursing Studies
|October 16, 1999
Summary
Thai nurses
Area of Science:
- Nursing Care
- Healthcare Management
- Patient Transition
Background:
- Discharge planning is crucial for continuity of care.
- Nurses play a key role in facilitating patient transitions from hospital to home.
- Understanding current practices is essential for improving healthcare delivery.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore current discharge planning practices among Thai nurses.
- To examine how hospital-to-home transitions are integrated into Thai nursing.
- To identify factors influencing the effectiveness of nurses' discharge functions.
Main Methods:
- Ethnographic study design.
- Data collection from registered nurses in a central Thailand acute hospital.
- Exploration of informal discharge processes.
Main Results:
- Discharge planning in the studied community was highly informal.
- Several factors were identified as impacting the effectiveness of nurses' discharge functions.
- Current practices may not fully support seamless patient transitions.
Conclusions:
- Thai nursing discharge practices are characterized by informality.
- Improvements are needed to enhance the effectiveness of discharge planning.
- Strategies for improving discharge processes should be implemented to ensure better continuity of care.