title: Improving discharge planning.
abstract: In ward 9 of the Nursing Development Unit at Whiteabbey Hospital, Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland, developments and innovations are channelled through the use of working groups which are essentially the pivot on which the unit rotates. This article details the activities of one of these groups, the discharge planning group.
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authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012646:Self Administration