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Discharge Communication Practices in Pediatric Emergency Care: a Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis by Curran, Janet A.; Gallant, Allyson J.; Zemek, Roger; Newton, Amanda S.; Jabbour, Mona; Chorney, Jill; Murphy, Andrea; Hartling, Lisa; MacWilliams, Kate; Plint, Amy; MacPhee, Shannon; Bishop, Andrea; Campbell, Samuel G. is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: The majority of children receiving care in the emergency department (ed) are discharged home, making discharge communication a key component of quality emergency care. parents must have the knowledge and skills to effectively manage their child's ongoing care at home. parental fatigue and stress, health literacy, and the fragmented nature of communication in the ed setting may contribute to suboptimal parent comprehension of discharge instructions and inappropriate ed return visits. the aim of this study was to examine how and why discharge communication works in a pediatric ed context and develop recommendations for practice, policy, and research. ## Methods: We systematically reviewed the published and gray literature. we searched electronic databases cinahl, medline, and embase up to july 2017. policies guiding discharge communication were also sought from pediatric emergency networks in canada, usa, australia, and the uk. eligible studies included children less than 19 years of age with a focus on discharge communication in the ed as the primary objective. included studies were appraised using relevant joanna briggs institute (jbi) checklists. textual summaries,

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Author
Curran, Janet A.; Gallant, Allyson J.; Zemek, Roger; Newton, Amanda S.; Jabbour, Mona; Chorney, Jill; Murphy, Andrea; Hartling, Lisa; MacWilliams, Kate; Plint, Amy; MacPhee, Shannon; Bishop, Andrea; Campbell, Samuel G.
Publisher
BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 2046-4053)
Published
2019
Language
EN
Field
Medicine (Health Sciences)