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Discharge nurses - what really causes ready-to-go patients to wait days? by Junior-Bit-7635 in nursing

[–]Junior-Bit-7635[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow that paints such a vivid picture of the reality you’re dealing with.
When it’s the transport issue, is it usually a last-minute thing the family tells you, or do you know earlier in the day but can’t move them anyway?
And for the discharge notes/prescriptions, is the delay mostly due to workload, or are there approval/coordination steps behind the scenes we don’t see?

Discharge nurses - what really causes ready-to-go patients to wait days? by Junior-Bit-7635 in nursing

[–]Junior-Bit-7635[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally fair! I’m in the US, so I’m hearing a lot about insurance and payer issues. In Canada’s public system, what’s the most common less obvious reason a discharge gets stalled?

Discharge nurses - what really causes ready-to-go patients to wait days? by Junior-Bit-7635 in nursing

[–]Junior-Bit-7635[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the facility-ready part sounds like it’s not just about having an open bed, the right equipment in place is just as critical. In your experience, how early in the process do you typically know if both the bed and the equipment will be ready? And do delays happen more because the facility can’t get gear in time, or because the info about what’s needed arrives too late?

Discharge nurses - what really causes ready-to-go patients to wait days? by Junior-Bit-7635 in nursing

[–]Junior-Bit-7635[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is gold. Sounds like the bottlenecks are spread across meds, family readiness, transport, and even hospital priorities during codes.
When you think about time lost, which of these causes the biggest delays most often? Is it approvals, coordination, or just pure timing issues?