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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Better planning for hospital discharge--Two newly created positions... are improving the rate of patient transfer... and reducing the length of stay for patients... A Discharge Planning Nurse and Residential Care Officer are working closely with some wards... and patients and their families... to ensure patients are safely discharged to their home or a residential care facility sooner.... discharge planning [commences] as soon as patients are admitted... to identify the future needs of patients. This can include social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, speech pathology or transport needs. These positions create central roles for discharge planning, which improves communication between hospitals, staff and residential care facilities... Patients and their families are now more involved in the discharge process and are able to discuss any issues that need to be considered before a patient returns home or to a residential care facility.  2, record 1, English, - discharge%20planning%20nurse

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

L'infirmier ou infirmière en planification des congés coordonne la planification des congés en tenant compte des besoins des patients afin d'assurer une transition adéquate ainsi que la continuité et le suivi des soins.  3, record 1, French, - infirmier%20en%20planification%20des%20cong%C3%A9s

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Officially designated registered nurse(extended class), or RN(EC), NPs [nurse practitioners] are registered nurses with additional education who work with individuals, families, groups and communities. Like all registered nurses, their focus on health promotion and disease prevention facilitates comprehensive health-care reform. Key members of any health-care team, nurse practitioners work in diverse health-care settings, from community health centres to doctors’ offices to hospitals, nursing homes and home care. They diagnose, prescribe and administer medications, order medical tests, conduct Pap smears, educate, and refer patients to other health-care professionals such as nutritionists and social workers.  3, record 4, English, - registered%20nurse%20extended%20class

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

En 1997, l'adoption d'une loi a donné aux infirmières praticiennes, infirmières autorisées (catégorie spécialisée), l'autorisation d'exécuter des actes qui dépassent les compétences d'une infirmière autorisée. De fait, les infirmières praticiennes sont autorisées à communiquer un diagnostic, à demander certains tests tels que des radiographies et échographies aux fins de diagnostic, à demander des électrocardiogrammes dans le cadre de soins non actifs, à prescrire et à administrer des médicaments désignés, et à demander certaines analyses de laboratoire.  4, record 4, French, - infirmi%C3%A8re%20autoris%C3%A9e%20%28cat%C3%A9gorie%20sp%C3%A9cialis%C3%A9e%29

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

infirmière autorisée (catégorie spécialisée); IA (cat. spéc.): terme et abréviation retenus par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.  3, record 4, French, - infirmi%C3%A8re%20autoris%C3%A9e%20%28cat%C3%A9gorie%20sp%C3%A9cialis%C3%A9e%29

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The Ambulatory Care Nurse(or Clinic nurse) is responsible for the coordination of your care once you have been discharged home with your new kidney. He/she works Monday to Friday in the Transplant Outpatient clinic located in the hospital and is readily available by telephone.  1, record 5, English, - ambulatory%20care%20nurse

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish