Your nurses will work with you and your family to make your discharge as smooth as possible. Before you are discharged from the hospital, your nurses will review with you any special instructions regarding your at-home care or medications. Clinical social workers can help make arrangements for discharge to another facility, such as a nursing home or rehabilitation facility, and arrangements for home nursing care or home health care equipment or supplies, if necessary. You should make arrangements for a family member or friend to take you home from the hospital.
Most doctors make the final decision to discharge patients in the morning.
Discharge time is usually 11 a.m. or earlier. Check with your nurse for your discharge time. The day of discharge from the hospital can be busy. There are a number of things to do to prepare for discharge. You should begin thinking about them now.