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. 2021 Sep 13;42(spe):S1983-14472021000200420.
doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200211. eCollection 2021.

Liaison nurse competences at hospital discharge

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Gisele Knop Aued  1 , Elizabeth Bernardino  1 , Otília Beatriz Maciel da Silva  1 , Maria Manuela Martins  2 , Aida Maris Peres  1 , Leticia Siniski de Lima  1
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Liaison nurse competences at hospital discharge

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Gisele Knop Aued et al. Rev Gaucha Enferm. .
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Abstract

Objective: To identify the liaison nurse competences at hospital discharge in the light of Strengths-Based Nursing Care theoretical reference.

Method: Descriptive and qualitative study, developed at the province of Quebéc-Canada, with 23 liaison nurses. The data were collected from March to July 2016, by a semi-structured questionnaire via Survey Monkey® electronic platform and analyzed through the content analysis, supported by software Qualitativa Data Analysis Miner.

Results: The categories that has emerged were: competences related to patient care, competences related to personal characteristics of the liaison nurse and managerial competences.

Final considerations: Liaison nurses hold a set of competences from different dimensions, which provide the care centered in the person, in its potentialities, and assure the continuity of patient care with hospital discharge.

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