Nursing Care Ethical Implications Regarding Chronic Patients at Hospital Discharge.

chronic patient ethics hospital discharge nursing care

Journal

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2227-9032
Titre abrégé: Healthcare (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101666525

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
11 Jun 2020
Historique:
received: 03 05 2020
revised: 08 06 2020
accepted: 09 06 2020
entrez: 18 6 2020
pubmed: 18 6 2020
medline: 18 6 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Mortality rates among pluripathological patients are significantly higher in the hospital setting, with advanced age and dependence on certain vital functions the main clinical aspects. Other features involved in the care, such as the loss of autonomy and social problems, have important ethical implications. The aim of this article is to analyze the health problems and the functional and social situation of chronic patients after hospital admission in order to determine their care needs and the ethical implications these might have. For this, a cross-sectional descriptive study is being carried out with a sample of 111 chronic pluripathological patients admitted to the internal medicine service and discharged later. Overall, 96.6% of the patients in the sample were dependent, 91.7% had social problems or were at social risk and 36.9% had cognitive impairment. Among dependent patients, 59.4% had social problems (

Identifiants

pubmed: 32545173
pii: healthcare8020167
doi: 10.3390/healthcare8020167
pmc: PMC7349255
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Valle Coronado-Vázquez (V)

Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Ávila, 05005 Ávila, Spain.
Primary Care Research Unit, Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud (RedIAPP), University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.

Carlota Canet-Fajas (C)

Delicias Sur Community Health Center, Aragon Health Service, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.

María Valle Ramírez-Durán (MV)

Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Ávila, 05005 Ávila, Spain.

Juan Gómez-Salgado (J)

Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Faculty of Labour Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain.
Safety and Health Postgraduate Programme, Espiritu Santo University, Guayaquil 092301, Ecuador.

José Miguel Robles-Romero (JM)

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain.

Javier Fagundo-Rivera (J)

Andalusian Health Service, Health Sciences Doctorate School, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain.

Macarena Romero-Martín (M)

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain.

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