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Essential elements nurses have to address to promote a safe discharge in paediatrics: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Silvia Rossi, Mark Hayter, Alice Zuco, Francesca Tappino, Roberta Tirone, Silvia Scelsi

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Nursing open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Silvia RossiDirection of Health Professionals, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5924-6441
Mark HayterManchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
Alice ZucoDirection of Health Professionals, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
Francesca TappinoDirection of Health Professionals, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
Roberta TironeDirection of Health Professionals, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
Silvia ScelsiDirection of Health Professionals, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
Istituto Giannina Gaslini · ITManchester Metropolitan University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of the study was to synthesize the evidence on the essential elements, nurses must address when they perform therapeutic education to patients and their caregivers to promote a safe paediatric hospital-to-home discharge.

designA systematic review and narrative synthesis.

methodsThe search strategy identifies studies published between 2016 and 2023. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklists. The protocol of this review was not registered. A search of three electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL and Web of Science) and a search in the reference lists of the included studies was conducted in February 2021 and June 2023.

resultsFifteen studies met the inclusion criteria. The essential elements identified are grouped into the following topics: emergency management, physiological needs, medical device and medications management, long-term management and short-term management. Nurses have a critical role in ensuring patient safety and quality of care, and the nurses' competence makes the difference in the discharge's related outcomes. Our results can help the nursing profession implement comprehensive discharge projects. Our results support the improvement of nurse-led paediatric discharge programmes. Nurse managers can identify the grey areas of therapeutic education provided in their units and work for their improvement. Following the implementation of therapeutic education on these topics, measuring the discharge's related outcomes could be interesting. This study addresses the problem of managing a safe and efficient nurse-led discharge in a paediatric setting. It presents evidence on the essential elements to promote a safe paediatric discharge at home. These could impact nursing practice by using them to implement project and discharge pathways. We have adhered to relevant EQUATOR guidelines-PRISMA guidelines for reporting systematic review. No patients, service users, caregivers or public members were involved in this study due to its nature (systematic review).

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Patient DischargePediatric NursingChecklistChildHumansnurse's rolenursingpaediatricspatient dischargepatient educationsystematic reviews

Identifiers

PMID38268292
PMCPMC10697128
OpenAlexW4389203751

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