Abstract
This study aimed to change of nursing practice ability before and after the seamless care workshop for
elderly patients using capacity acquisition evaluation checklist for discharge support. Questionnaire
surveys were conducted three months before and after the training. The survey included a capacity
acquisition evaluation checklist (discharge support checklist), consisting of the basic attributes of nurses,
and 33 question items, which were required by the discharge support committee. The checklist was
prepared for general nurses with middle career levels (Ⅲ). To compare the performance of nurses before
and after the training, a paired t-test was conducted. The significance level was set to less than 5%. A total
of 97 nurses participated in the workshop, out of which 45 nurses (46.4%) submitted the questionnaire
after the training. Of the 45 nurses, 43 were female (95.6%) and all of them were full-timers. In the
discharge support checklist, all the question items except “Can you assess your familiarity with the
condition of a patient and symptom control that enables the patient to leave the hospital?” were practiced
after the training in order to identify differences in nurses’ practical abilities before and after the training.
The workshop for elderly patients could improve nurses’ practical abilities of providing discharge support.
However, since the conditions of elderly patients were complicated, cultivation of nurses’ ability to assess
their familiarity with the condition of a patient and symptom control that enables the patient to leave the
hospital was difficult.
