title: Nurse satisfaction and creation of an admission, discharge, and teaching nurse position.
abstract: The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of a newly developed nurse admission, discharge, and teaching position on nurse satisfaction and the quality of the admission and discharge process. A pretest-posttest design was used to collect data on nurse satisfaction, workload, and medication reconciliation. Study results supported the use of an admission, discharge, and teaching nurse to improve nurse satisfaction and the quality of the admission and discharge process.
authors.affiliation: Clayton State University, Morrow, Georgia 30260, USA. bettylane@clayton.edu
authors.forename: Betty S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Sue E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Odom
authors.forename: Kathleen A S
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Cannella
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hinshaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000592:standards; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015144:Southeastern United States; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D016526:Workload