A recent Medscape article hit home with many nurses. The article described a study that showed that only one fourth of patients understood their discharge instructions because they were tailored to ...

You’ve got a post-acute patient getting ready to return to the community. You feel you are prepared. After all, you have created written discharge instructions for most common post-acute admission ...

Concerned about how many of your patients end up readmitted to the hospital? Difficult-to-understand discharge instructions may be a top area to examine. A recent study published in the American ...

During discharge from a hospital, patients are typically focused on leaving and going home or to another site of care; they often are not emotionally prepared to comprehend detailed discharge ...

Emergency Department (ED) discharge instructions play a pivotal role in ensuring that patients understand their diagnosis, treatment plan, and necessary follow-up care. Comprehensive patient education ...

As King Charles and Princess of Wales Kate Middleton undergo cancer treatment, no doubt they each have a team of physicians and employees paying careful attention to every instruction their care team ...

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