title: A patient self-assessment tool for cardiac rehabilitation.
abstract: A patient self-assessment tool was designed, tested, and implemented to promote cardiac-specific data collection, based on Gordon's Functional Health Patterns, to maximize patient/family involvement in determining a plan of care, and to streamline primary nurses' documentation requirements. Retrospective and concurrent chart reviews provided data for quality assurance monitoring. The results of the monitoring demonstrated that the self-assessment tool markedly improved the patient-specific data base.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Phelan
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Finnell
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mottla
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires