{"id":"hc-discharge-plain-steps","audience":"healthcare","category":"explaining","technique":"audience","title":"Rewrite surgery discharge instructions in plain words","free":false,"task":"Your patient, Rosa Delgado, is going home after hand surgery, and her discharge sheet is full of medical shorthand. Rewrite it as exactly 7 numbered steps in everyday words, with when to call the clinic as step 1, under 130 words, in plain text so it prints cleanly. Use only what's on the sheet, follow the surgeon's latest correction, and add no medicine details. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The discharge sheet (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS - Lakeview Surgery Center\nPatient: Rosa Delgado (fictional) | Procedure: L carpal tunnel release | Surgeon: Dr. M. Hale\nRN note: pt prefers short, simple sentences. Her daughter will read the sheet with her at home.\n\n1. Keep dressing C/D/I. Do not remove until f/u.\n2. Elevate L upper extremity above heart level x 72 hrs to reduce edema.\n3. NWB L hand. No lifting > 1 lb (about a full water bottle).\n4. No showering until f/u visit; sponge bath only.\n5. ROM: gentle finger flexion/extension 10x every 2 hrs while awake.\n6. Medications: see separate pharmacy sheet.\n7. Call clinic at 555-0142 if T > 101F, purulent drainage, or spreading erythema. After hours: same number, press 2.\n8. F/u: clinic will call to schedule POD 10 visit.\n\n---\nCORRECTION 11/4, per Dr. Hale (initialed MH): Item 4 is outdated. Pt MAY shower after 48 hrs with the hand sealed in a plastic bag. Keep dressing dry.\n\n(Fax machine in recovery is jammed again - use the scanner.)","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":7},{"type":"maxWords","max":130},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Just saying \"explain this simply\"","why":"The AI picks the shape, often a long sheet with headings and sub-bullets that is hard to follow at home.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 7 numbered steps, one sentence each.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 130 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each step one sentence under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Keeping the sheet's order","why":"The AI follows the original list, so the warning signs end up near the bottom where they are easy to miss.","fix":"Say what goes first: \"Step 1: when to call the clinic and the number.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not saying who will read it","why":"Without a reader in mind, the AI keeps terms like \"edema\" and \"erythema\" or just spells out the abbreviations.","fix":"Add: \"She wants short, simple sentences. Use everyday words, no medical terms or abbreviations.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the correction","why":"The outdated shower rule sits in the main list, and the AI may copy it or fill the medicine gap with common painkillers.","fix":"Add: \"Follow the 11/4 correction. Add no medicine names or doses.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says who will read it","patterns":["patient","rosa","daughter","simple","everyday","plain (words|language)"]},{"label":"Sets the number of steps","patterns":["\\b(7|seven)\\b.{0,20}(steps?|numbered|items?)"]},{"label":"Puts when to call first","patterns":["(step|line) ?1","first.{0,30}call","warning signs? first"]},{"label":"Follows the correction","patterns":["correction","11/4","latest","outdated","shower"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"The AI doesn't know who will read this at home or what matters most. Tell it the reader, the number of steps, what goes first, and that the correction overrides the old rule.","rubricLabels":["The first numbered step tells her when to call the clinic (fever over 101°F, pus, or spreading redness) and gives the number 555-0142","Uses everyday words, with none of the sheet's medical terms or abbreviations (no C/D/I, NWB, POD, f/u, ROM, edema, erythema, purulent, extremity, flexion)","Follows the 11/4 correction (she may shower after 48 hours with her hand sealed in a plastic bag), never says no showering until the follow-up, and adds no medicine names, doses or advice that aren't on the sheet"]}