Even if they know how important the
planning session is for further care at home, they do not really see the benefit of their own participation in relation to the
time they spend on it. Our study also shows that the respondents experience a lack of respect between them and the nursing
staff at the hospital. Spence Laschinger‘s [28] description is similar, and she points out that a positive organisational
environment increases the nurses’ perceptions of respect, resulting in positive outcomes for both the nurse and the
organisation. This lack of respect could perhaps be connected to ignorance of each other’s professions, about the
stakeholders involved and about what a discharge plan should include. Both Robinson & Street [11] and Nazarko [13]
describe perceived inequality between different parties’ responsibilities within the discharge planning activity and its
outcome. This lack of power to negotiate and change an unsatisfactory situation seems to be confirmed by our study.