HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN PERAWAT DENGAN PELAKSANAAN PERENCANAAN PULANG DI RUANG RAWAT INAP RS MARTHA FRISKA P. BRAYAN MEDAN

Abstract

Discharge planning is an important part of the client's nursing program, which starts immediately after the patient is admitted to the hospital until the patient is discharged from the hospital. Discharge planning can reduce the days / length of patient care, prevent recurrence, improve the patient's health condition, reduce the patient's family burden and reduce mortality and morbidity. This study aims at determining the relationship between knowledge of nurses and the implementation of client discharge planning in the inpatient room of Martha Friska P. Brayan Hospital, Medan. The research design used is a correlation study with a sample of nurses. The total population is as many as 126 people with a sample of 56 respondents, using proportional random sampling technique. The data was collected through a questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out in two stages, namely univariate to see the frequency distribution and bivariate to see the relationship (chi square). The results show that the majority of good knowledge are 28 (50%) respondents, 23 (41.1%) respondents have sufficient implementation. Based on the results of the chi square test analysis, it is known that the value of p = 0.001 so that p < 0.05, so it can be concluded that there is a relationship between the knowledge of nurses and the implementation of discharge planning in the inpatient room of Martha Friska P. Brayan Hospital Medan. It is recommended that nurses should increase their knowledge, especially in the implementation of patient discharge planning.