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Open Journal of Nursing, 2012, 2, 277-287 OJN /10.4236/ojn.2012.23042 Published Online September 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojn/) Content of nursing discharge notes: Associations with patient and transfer characteristics Rose Mari Olsen , Ove Hellzén , Liv Heidi Skotnes , Ingela Enmarker 1* 2 3 1,4 1 2 3 4 Faculty of Health and Science, Nord-Tr?ndelag University College, Namsos, Norway Department of Health Sciences, Mid-Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Nord-Tr?ndelag Health Trust, Namsos, Norway Centre for Care Research Mid-Norway, Steinkjer, Norway Email: rose.olsen@hint.no * Received 24 July 2012; revised 21 August 2012; accepted 1 September 2012 ABSTRACT nursing follow-up care, we emphasize the need for a more comprehensive approach to older patients, and that this must be reflected in the nursing discharge note. Background: In situations of care transfer of older people from hospital to home care at discharge, ex- changing relevant and necessary information about the patient’s health status and individual needs are of importance to ensure continuity and appropriate nursing follow-up care. Objective: The objectives of the study were to: 1) examine the content of nurses’ discharge notes of older patients’ discharged from hospital to home care; and 2) investigate the associa- tion between the content of discharge notes and characteristics of patient and transfer. Methods: The nursing discharge notes of 70 older patients admitted to a geriatric unit and a general medicine ward at a local hospital in central Norway were analysed. The discharge notes were structured in accordance with the Well-being, Integrity, Prevention, and Safety (VIPS) model. Mean, standard deviations, and inde