title: [The role of discharge coordination nurses in a university hospital--changes in the role with timing of the discharge request].
abstract: We studied the role of discharge assisting nurses who coordinate discharge planning (DP). The requests for DP were ordered at different periods during the admission. The periods were mainly divided into three phases in which the DP was ordered from the wards, which were type 1: just before discharge, type 2: after the decision to discharge, and type 3: between admission and the decision to discharge. We analyzed 8 cases, DP ordered in the type 3 phase provided the most satisfactory outcome for patients' home lives, since the nurse, other medical staff and patients had sufficient time to prepare and provide the needed services.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was clarified that type 3 provided the best outcome of discharge planning.
authors.affiliation: Kitasato University Hospital.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morimoto
mesh_terms: D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013995:Time