Reducing hospital readmissions for people with heart failure.
With an ageing population and more people surviving heart attacks there are increasing numbers of people living with heart failure. Readmissions to hospital are often prolonged and costly. A number of nurse-led schemes have been successful in tackling the preventable causes of hospital readmissions and helping patients achieve a better quality of life in the community.
Warburton
Paul
P
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust, Chester.
D015984:Causality; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology