Nurse discharge planning in the emergency department: A Toowoomba, Australia, study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1033-1044

  Hegney, Desley ^a,b   Buikstra, Elizabeth ^b   Chamberlain, Chris ^c   March, Judy ^c   McKay, Michelle ^c   Cope, Gail ^c   Fallon, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Toowoomba Health Service District   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Length of stay; Nurse risk screening; Older people; Re presentations; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION TREE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33745899909     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01405.x     Document Type: Article

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