Patient Discharge Care Planning NURS FPX 6612 Assessment 3 Patient Discharge Care Planning

Patient-centered care is examined through the patient experience, referred to as patient satisfaction. As the patients are more involved in their healthcare and are knowledgeable, they demand a high level of services and improved outcomes (Kippenbrock et al., 2019). 

Nurses shall remain in discussion with patients for all the procedures and applications and also brief them about ailment, diagnosis, and treatment to provide good quality care and achieve patient satisfaction. Nurses should provide care with favor, respect, and courtesy for patients to emphasize the importance of communication. 

The survey form was designed to gauge the patients’ satisfaction. It was useful in improving nursing care quality in line with patient satisfaction (Karaca & Durna, 2019).

Marta, a student nurse who had recently moved to Nevada, was enrolled in the first semester, got hit by a car in a road accident, and shifted to a nearby shock trauma center. She would spend four weeks there going through multiple surgeries.

Much useful information related to patient care is noted for patients, including the provider’s comments and drug review plan. This patient information is utilized in lifelong patient-centered care planning. The ability to store patient data and process and retrieve crucial information for healthcare, appointments, patient history, and care records is integrated into Health Information Technology (HIT).

NURS FPX 6612 Assessment 3 Patient Discharge Care Planning

Moreover, Electronic Health Record (EHR) is the key to introducing transparency and accountability in the healthcare system and digitizing health records to keep data safe, secure, and accessible as required. However, there are challenges regarding cyber security and data breaches that have compromised patients’ safety and clinicians’ honor. The shortcoming of communication system existence among different EHR software systems is also creating problems in the effectiveness of EHRs. 

The new data coming from EHR usage provides important information which would be utilized to make better healthcare systems (Kataria & Ravindran, 2020).

This assessment discusses Marta’s practical case and how the staff developed a reliable and safe discharge plan for the patient. However, the advantages of planning discharge care have been discussed.