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A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR NURSES IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING TO IDENTIFY

PATIENT NEEDS AT DISCHARGE

By

Student name

A Project

Submitted to the Faculty of D’Youville

Division of Academic Affairs in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Master of Science

in

Nursing management and quality leadership

Buffalo, NY

[Month day, year]

Copyright © 2022 by student name. All rights reserved. No part of this project may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of Fatima Rigor.

PROJECT APPROVAL

Project Committee Chairperson

Name: ______
__student name __________________________________________

Signature: __________________________________________________________

Discipline:____
___Nursing____________________________________________

Project Defended

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Abstract

The project problem states, “How can nurses provide additional support for elderly patients when their main concerns revolve around the home as a place of fear for their return?” Due to the nature of the nursing workload in the hospital setting, discharge planning tends to be pushed aside due to other priorities. However, it is important that as much as patients are cared for in the inpatient setting, they also need proper preparations for their home setting. The project’s purpose is to provide assistance for nurses and develop a nursing resource guide with regards to important points needed in discharge planning. Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit nursing theory (Orem, 1991; Orem et al., 2003) is utilized as the theoretical framework for the project. Five content experts will review the resource guide for content validity.

Table of Contents
Chapter
I. PROJECT INTRODUCTION……………………………………..…….8
Statement of Purpose 9
Theoretical Framework 9
Initial Review of the Literature 18
Significance and Justification 31
Project Objectives 31
Definition of Terms 32
Project Limitations 32
Project Development Plan 32
Plan for Protection of Human Subjects 33
Plan for Project Evaluation 34
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