Evaluation of Discharge Planning Implementation in Pamekasan Hospital

Background: Discharge planning is a systematic planning process begun from patient admission until discharge from hospital. Nowadays, discharge planning done by nurses has been very limited in check up information and was given in predischarge only. The objective of this study was to identify the implementation of discharge planning. Method: An explanative descriptive with cross sectional was employed in this study. Population was all nurses in Mohammad Noer hospital and As Syifa hospital Pamekasan, sample comprised of 102 respondents, determined using purposive sampling. Result: The result showed that 62 respondents (60,78%) was less in discharge planning when the patients is hospitalized, 65 respondents (63,73%) was less in discharge planning during the patients in caring and 54 respondents (52,94%) was enough in implementing discharge planning. Conclusion: The findings indicate a recomendation for nursing staff to arrange the manual procedure for implementation of discharge planning and held a training about professional nursing care model