title: Preventing readmissions with discharge education.
authors.affiliation: Debra Polster is a critical care clinical nurse specialist and the discharge project facilitator at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Centerin Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Polster
mesh_terms: D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing; D003142:Communication; D032882:Comprehension; D054521:Cultural Competency; D004282:Documentation; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010359:Patient Readmission; D018570:Risk Assessment