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Journal of Child Health Care, Vol. 7, No. 3, 163-183 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/13674935030073003

Towards the Development of a Paediatric Discharge Planning Screening Tool

Margaret D. Domanski, PhD

School of Social Work, University of Melbourne, Domanski and Associates LLC, Florida, USA

Alun C. Jackson, PhD

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Melbourne, Hon. Senior Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia, aluncj{at}unimelb.edu.au

Jane Miller, MSW

Chief Social Worker, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Cindy Jeffrey, BSW

Social Worker, Royal Melbourne Hospital; formerly at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

This study reports the second phase in the development of a paediatric discharge risk screening tool. It describes evaluation of the reliability and validity of this tool, which is designed to identify children in need of post-discharge care beyond that of routine nursing and physician teaching and follow-up. The first group identified was children who possessed a non-routine or unpredictable pathway of post-hospital treatment. The second group encompassed those with multifaceted, complex post-hospital care needs, requiring extensive internal hospital department coordination and involvement of community-based care providers in the discharge planning process. It was found that discharge risk factors reflecting objective and easily observable illness and treatment criteria were the most reliable predictors of need for social work discharge planning. It is recommended that a discharge risk tool be completed in partnership with unit nursing staff, and that it be subjected to further review in other organizational settings.

Key Words: discharge planning • paediatric social work • risk screening


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