Predictors of complications associated with closure devices after transfemoral percutaneous coronary procedures.
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Jenny B Hamner
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Predictors of hospital readmission after discharge in patients with congestive heart failure.
PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to (1) describe the characteristics of the population with congestive heart failure (CHF) who were admitted to a large, southeastern, acute-care hospital and (2) determine which patients are at risk for readmissions within 6 months. METHODS: A descriptive correlational design, using variables maintained in a computerized data bank on patients with CHF (N = 557, 39% were black) who were admitted between October 2000 and March 2002, was used to describe the adult population with CHF and identify variables associated with a likelihood of readmission. RESULTS: In the 6 months after the index admission, 224 (40%) of the patients were readmitted to the hospital for CHF. Variables significantly associated with readmission included lack of cardiology consult during admission, living status, point of entry of index admission, receiving Medicare, and having pulmonary hypertension. Four models, composed of subsets of variable from the data bank were developed and tested with logistic regression. The model composed of discharge variables was the only model that predicted readmission at a significant level. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to develop comprehensive data banks to describe patterns of care and their outcomes. Such data should inform plans to manage this vulnerable population.
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Community-based service learning in the engaged university.
The engaged university expands the concept of service learning to include a redesigned approach to teaching, research, and service functions that leads to a productive involvement with communities. This article describes an ongoing community partnership that models the best-practice aspects of the engaged university.
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A systematic evaluation plan that works.
Systematic assessment and evaluation of program outcomes results in program improvement. The authors discuss the evaluation of educational effectiveness standard components of critical thinking, therapeutic nursing intervention and communication and mechanisms that insure faculty participation in evaluation.
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State of the science: posthospitalization nursing interventions in congestive heart failure.
Nursing's role as key healthcare providers who give emotional support and teach self-care to patients with congestive heart failure has evolved substantially in recent years. The purpose of this article is to provide a systematic evaluation of the impact of posthospital nursing interventions in the management of heart failure. Four models of nursing interventions emerged: home-based nursing interventions, multidisciplinary interventions, heart failure clinics, and telephone- or technology-based nursing interventions. On the basis of currently available data, posthospital nursing interventions in congestive heart failure can improve clinical outcomes and decrease healthcare costs and resource use.
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