The discharge preparation service is a complete process, which is of great significance for ensuring the patients′ discharge safety and the home sustainability of rehabilitation nursing. It has become a hot issue among international nursing scholars. This paper reviews the concept, implementation content, assessment tools, nursing practice of patient discharge preparation services, so as to provide theoretical basis for forming patient discharge preparation services system with medical environment in China.

By summarizing the concept, features and drawing of mind mapping, and reviewing the application of mind mapping in hospital admission guidance, preoperative preparation, intraoperative coordination and pain control, postoperative complications prevention, rehabilitation training, discharge guidance, and the aspect of patients' self-management ability, this paper aimed at expanding the application scope of mind mapping, and point out the application future and prospects of mind mapping in health education.