title: Exploration of factors associated with hospital readmissions in patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study.
authors: Denise Kuhn, RN, MSN, ACM, is a RN case manager at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, with the nurse-managed CHF Telephonic Program. She holds a master's degree in nursing from Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ, and has been a registered nurse for 17 years. She is an Accredited Case Manager and has worked in the field for 11 years, specifically with CHF patients and the trends with readmissions and transitions from hospital to home. She is on the board of Nu Omega Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society of Nursing, and is Treasurer on the North Carolina Chapter Board of the American Case Management Association (ACMA). Carolyn Brown, RN, MSN, CCNS, ACNS-BC, is an Outcomes Manager/Sepsis Coordinator at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She received her master's degree in nursing from East Carolina University. She is certified as a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CCNS) and is an Adult CNS-BC. She is currently in the nursing PhD program at East Carolina University and has more than 24 years of adult critical care and acute care experience.
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission; D010865:Pilot Projects