A qualitative meta‐synthesis of patients' experiences of intra‐ and inter‐hospital transitions

Abstract

It was difficult for patients to leave their experiences behind when feeling unimportant. Evidence existed for clinical nurses to continue the development of care quality and safety for patients in transfer/transition. Intervention studies and policy development to improve transfers and transitions for patients are recommended.

Perceived Feeling of Security: A Candidate for Assessing Remission in Borderline Patients?

“…In studies focusing on quality of care and treatment relationships, security is often associated with patient safety [15,16]. Furthermore, the contents of the concept and its relation to quality of care may be defined in terms of predictability and consistency in the process of the patient [17]. A contributing factor to the perceived sense of insecurity of the patient has been shown to be associated with a sense of lack of predictability.…”

“…A lack of predictability takes the shape of not knowing what is to come thus implying that predictability assumes consistency. An increase in strategies for dealing with patients and their treatment thus entails an increase in the predictability in the patient process as a whole from the time of admission to the time of release, which in turn also implies an increase in security [17].…”

Significant others’ experience of hospitalized patients’ transfer to home: a systematic review protocol

“…7 Patient transfer experiences have been described as unpredictable, scary and stressful when, for instance, the transfer is long-distance, and the environment seems unsafe or raises feelings of loneliness, longing for a spouse. [7][8] Though transfer has been experienced as recovery and relief; transfer has also been experienced as a slide into insignificance which was very hard to recover from.…”

“…8 A meta-synthesis showed patients' experiences of transitions as critical events where the patients' needs involved feeling safe, and having a predictable and individually planned transfer. 8 However, little is known about SO experiences of staff behavior and collaboration with patients regarding transfer (organizational).…”

The efficacy of PC6 acupressure with Sea-Band® on reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients after hysterectomy: A randomized controlled trial

“…[10] Thus, it is also important to prevent unpleasant patient symptoms which are side effects of the treatment. This study is testing a preventive cross professional intervention during and after surgery.…”