Article
Readiness for Discharge in Parents of Hospitalized Children
Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
14 p.
Publication Date
8-1-2008
Publisher
Elsevier
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.10.005
Disciplines
Abstract
Parental preparation for a child's discharge from the hospital sets the stage for successful transitioning to care and recovery at home. In this study of 135 parents of hospitalized children, the quality of discharge teaching, particularly the nurses' skills in “delivery” of parent teaching, was associated with increased parental readiness for discharge, which was associated with less coping difficulty during the first 3 weeks postdischarge. Parental coping difficulty was predictive of greater utilization of posthospitalization health services. These results validate the role of the skilled nurse as a teacher in promoting positive outcomes at discharge and beyond the hospitalization.
Citation Information
Marianne E. Weiss, Norah Louise Johnson, Shelly Malin, Teresa A. Jerofke, et al.. "Readiness for Discharge in Parents of Hospitalized Children" Journal of Pediatric Nursing (2008) ISSN: 0882-5963 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/norah_johnson/13/
Accepted version. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, Vol. 23, No. 4 (August 2008): 282-295. DOI. © 2008 Elsevier. Used with permission.
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Pediatric Nursing. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Pediatric Nursing, VOL 23, ISSUE 4, August 2008, DOI.