Audit in practice: planning for discharge from hospital
Anne Nixon Clinical Audit Facilitators, Wigan & Leigh Health Services NHS Trust
Margaret Whitter Clinical Audit Facilitators, Wigan & Leigh Health Services NHS Trust
Pauline Stitt Principal Lecturer and Clinical Placement Development Manager, Liverpool John Moores University
In this discussion of audit, the authors describe a pilot study on discharge planning. They review existing literature on discharge planning and outline how the results and lessons of the pilot study will help develop a full audit and quality cycle in the future
Nursing Standard.
12, 26, 35-38.
doi: 10.7748/ns1998.03.12.26.35.c2500
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