Educating patients for hospital discharge promotes selfcare,
reduces the chances of re-hospitalization and helps
patients to identify early worsening signs and symptoms.
A recommendation for discharge is to provide patients with
educational material containing information concerning
medication, diet, exercise and weight control. Monitoring
patients after discharge is important to the continued
provision of health education through the use of books,
CDs, videos, computer and newspapers, since the volume
of information provided at the time of hospital discharge is
large.