predischarged

English

Verb

predischarged

1. simple past and past participle of predischarge

Adjective

predischarged (comparative more predischarged, superlative most predischarged)

1. Having discharge authorized at the time of admission; short-term
   • 1970, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Long-Term Care, Trends in Long-term Care, page 2068:

     Self-administration of medications by patients is not permitted except for emergency drugs on special order of the patient's physician or in a predischarged program under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

   • 1978, Code of Federal Regulations, page 841:

     Any course for the educationally disadvantaged or the predischarged education program offered by a proprietary nonprofit educational institution, at the principal or branch location, when the institution offering the course has been in operation for more than 2 years.

   • 2013, Issues in Nursing by Specialty:

     A convenience sample of 120 predischarged patients participated in a survey conducted on neurosurgical and orthopaedic wards in a university hospital in Istanbul 2006.