Challenges of Discharge Management Performed by Psychiatric Nurses: Aggregate Nursing Challenges by Meta Synthesis

This study utilized meta-synthesis methods to identify issues in discharge support for nurses as perceived by psychiatric nurses and to obtain suggestions for building support that will improve discharge support practice. The Central Journal of Medicine Web, PubMed, and CINAHL or MEDLINE were searched. Eight articles met the eligibility criteria for primary and secondary screening and were reviewed by two researchers to identify challenges in discharge support for nurses, as perceived by psychiatric nurses. Nine concepts were formed regarding the difficulties of discharge support for psychiatric nurses, suggesting a need to change nurses’ attitudes and awareness of discharge support. However, all articles reviewed in this study were from Japan, and the issues in discharge support as perceived by psychiatric nurses may reflect the socio-cultural background of Japan. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct joint research with other countries in the future to build support in line with the socio-cultural background of Japan.

Keywords: Psychiatric Nurses, Discharge Support, Challenges, Meta-Integration.