Audit in practice

planning for discharge from hospital

Nixon, Anne RGN, RM, DN Cert
Whitter, Margaret RGN
Stitt, Pauline RGN, RCNT DipNurs, Cert ED, RNT BSc(Hons), MBA

Date of acceptance: December 24 1997.
Anne Nixon RGN, RM, DN Cert; and Margaret Whitter RGN, are Clinical Audit Facilitators, Wigan & Leigh Health Services NHS Trust; and Pauline Stitt RGN, RCNT DipNurs, Cert ED, RNT BSc(Hons), MBA, is Principal Lecturer and Clinical Placement Development Manager, Liverpool John Moores University.
This article has been subject to double-blind review.

Nursing Standard 12(26):p 35-38, March 18-24, 1998.

In this discussion of audit, the authors describe a pilot study on discharge planning.They review existing literature on discharge planning and outline how the results and lessons of the pilot study will help develop a full audit and quality cycle in the future.