Advanced practice registered nurse-led transitional care program to prevent hospital readmissions

Abstract

Advanced practice registered nurse led home-based transitional care project embedded in local community through partnership with accountable care organization reduced re-admissions among heart failure patients within 30 days of hospital admission and increased quality of life, self-care behaviors and satisfaction.

Description

44th Biennial Convention 2017 Theme: Influence Through Action: Advancing Global Health, Nursing, and Midwifery.

Authors

Kala Sugathan

Author Details

Kala Sugathan, BSN, Adult Gerontological Primary care, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Sigma Membership

Upsilon Beta

Lead Author Affiliation

Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Heart Failure, Hospital Readmissions, Transitional Care

Recommended Citation

Sugathan, Kala, "Advanced practice registered nurse-led transitional care program to prevent hospital readmissions" (2017). Convention. 40.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/convention/2017/posters_2017/40

Conference Name

44th Biennial Convention

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Conference Year

2017

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Acquisition

Proxy-submission