title: The effects of an advanced practice nurse-directed heart failure program.
abstract: This study sought to determine if an inpatient heart failure program directed by an advanced practice nurse could affect length of hospital stay, mortality, readmission rates, and adherence to the recommended clinical regimen.
authors.affiliation: Health East Internal Medicine, St. Paul, MN, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Penque
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing; D000368:Aged; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D016014:Linear Models; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010359:Patient Readmission; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States