2023 Volume 27 Issue 1 Pages 76-83
Objective: This study aimed to clarify the status of discharge support practices performed and self-evaluated by nurses on community-based comprehensive care ward and related factors.
Methods: An anonymous and self-administered mail questionnaire survey was administered to 396 nurses working in community-based comprehensive care wards. The questionnaire examined the nurses’ basic attributes, scores from the Discharge Planning of Ward Nurses (DPWN) as a scale for ward nurses to evaluate their own discharge support practices, and seven items associated with the DPWN scores. The obtained data were analyzed by calculating descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for DPWN scores, basic attributes, and the seven associated items.
Results: A total of 176 responses (valid response rate: 95.6%) were analyzed. The mean total DPWN score was 100.49±14.42, and the items associated with the total DPWN score was “achieving a sense of accomplishment from successful discharge support” (rs=0.44, p<0.01).
Discussion: The mean total DPWN score was higher than those reported in previous studies. To improve nurses’ self-evaluation of discharge support practices, it may be important to help them achieve a sense of accomplishment from successful discharge support.
