The discharge of individuals from hospital: Do we need to refocus our research?

dc.creator	Michelle Renee Guerin
dc.creator	Karen Grimmer-Somers
dc.creator	Sarvana Kumar
dc.creator	Wendy Dolejs
dc.date	2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:44Z
dc.identifier	10.5430/jnep.v2n3p1
dc.identifier	1925-4040
dc.identifier	1925-4059
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d49029680ab645f48c71837d8b7bfcb7
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16262
dc.description	Safe and timely discharge of individuals from hospital into the community continues to face a number of barriers. This is despite concerted research efforts to gain better understanding of processes of, and outcomes from, various discharge initiatives. During the doctoral research by the principal author, as with any research, more questions than answers were identified. One of the findings from this research, which incorporated both primary and secondary research methods, raised the question of the direction of future research into the discharge process of individuals from hospital. This question goes to the heart of discharge research, that is, is it time to consider researching discharge interventions which are multi-pronged and take a systems-wide approach? Such interventions need to actively engage policymakers, hospitals, community services and individuals, in order to develop possible solutions to the ongoing barriers which appear to have hindered improvements in the discharge process for over 30 years.<br />
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Sciedu Press
dc.relation	http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/599
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4040
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4059
dc.source	Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, Vol 2, Iss 3 (2012)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The discharge of individuals from hospital: Do we need to refocus our research?
dc.type	article