Date of Graduation
5-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Nursing
Advisor/Mentor
Smith-Blair, Nan
Committee Member/Reader
Patton, Susan
Committee Member/Second Reader
Lofton, Ann
Abstract
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major problem in the United States today. So many aspects to the disease process exist that creating and implementing interventions to manage symptoms during the progression of the disease presents a challenge. Providing effective patient education to patients with this chronic disease process is a challenge due to the high frequency of readmissions to the hospital for these patients. Recently a CHF discharge class and visual educational tool were implemented at a hospital in Northwest Arkansas in an attempt to improve knowledge retention of patient education material. The purpose of this study was to identify “gaps in knowledge” in CHF patients readmitted to the hospital within 30 days following discharge. The study examined knowledge about their chronic illness and identified gaps of knowledge provided by the discharge education process in CHF patients who were readmitted within 30 days of discharge.
Citation
Williams, K. (2015). A study designed to explore trends in 30-day readmission rates of patients with congestive heart failure after implementation of new patient education tools. The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/nursuht/24