title: Hospital Readmission Rates Following Skills Training for Nurses Employed in Long-term Care Facilities.
abstract: Reducing hospital readmissions is a priority for health care providers and affects Medicare reimbursement. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a significant difference in readmission rates from long-term care facilities to hospitals with the implementation of a training program for long-term care nurses. The main findings revealed that the training did not significantly affect hospital readmissions; however, the organization saw a significant decrease in hospital readmissions after 24 months of data collection.
authors: Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University, Normal.
authors: Susan L
authors: SL
authors: Hovey
authors: MyoungJin
authors: M
authors: Kim
authors: Mary J
authors: MJ
authors: Dyck
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013192:Staff Development; D014481:United States