Do Patients Understand Discharge Instructions?

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-140

  Zavala, Sandra ^a,b   Shaffer, Carol ^a,b  

^a Reston Hospital Center   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Discharge instructions; Emergency care; Patient education; Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952484178     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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