nursing exam questions about "when does discharge begin" - Page 2

even if your patient comes into the er with ems in a full code, there's still info you get from the crew that helps start the discharge plan. where did he live? how was he found? what was he doing? any injuries or meds or family? all part of disch planning.
op, every single time you see that question, the answer will always be the same: discharge planning begins at admission.

Discharge begins when turkey is admitted to my mouth.


Pardon the aside, I had to reply to that lol. Yes discharge planning begins the minute they are admitted because that is the exact minute you are trying to get them back home and everything you assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and teach is aimed at getting them back home.

LPN school we were also taught..discharge starts at admission.

We were taught in Nursing I that discharge planning begins at admission. (Or begins when they walk though the door, but that's not the NCLEX answer.) That's because hospitals stays have been deliberately shortened, and you just don't have the luxury of planning. Get 'em in, get 'em out. They go home, they go to rehab, they go to LTC, they go to some other hospital. But they don't stay long.