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The Effect Of Home Health Interventions On Hospital Readmission Rates In Patients With Congestive Heart Failure, Lindsay Reavis
The Effect Of Home Health Interventions On Hospital Readmission Rates In Patients With Congestive Heart Failure, Lindsay Reavis
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Heart failure is a common diagnosis that affects millions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, heart failure is associated with a high risk of 30-day hospital readmission rates. Home health nurses have the potential to bridge the gap between discharge and hospital readmission by providing up-to-date patient education on a one-to-one basis. Research indicates home health nurses lack knowledge of the disease process, nurse management of the disease, and treatment. This project focused on an educational session about the pathophysiology of heart failure, fluid/weight monitoring, diet, medications, and exercise with a pre- and post-tests evaluating home health nurses understanding of heart failure. …
Transforming Expectations: Flipped Classroom Design Within A Graduate Level Pathophysiology Course, Hannah Biesiada
Transforming Expectations: Flipped Classroom Design Within A Graduate Level Pathophysiology Course, Hannah Biesiada
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Nurse educators have long accepted the monumental responsibility of preparing clinically competent and globally relevant nurses. Complicated by a vastly increasing current and prospective nursing shortage coupled with high nursing attrition rates especially among new graduate nurses, nurse educators are under greater pressure to teach new generations of nurses clinical competence, clinical judgment, as well as compassionate and respectful patient care (Benner, Sutphe, Leonard, & Day, 2010). Blended learning formats, including completely flipped classroom designs as described in this paper, have been used successfully in introductory pathophysiology courses (Blissitt, 2016). However, not all courses – particularly complex concept courses such …