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Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Liberty University

2020

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Decreasing Psychiatric Readmissions In A Nonprofit Behavioral Health Hospital, John Schreiber Jul 2020

Decreasing Psychiatric Readmissions In A Nonprofit Behavioral Health Hospital, John Schreiber

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This scholarly project aimed to decrease adult readmission rates of psychiatric patients in a Nonprofit Behavioral Health Hospital (NBHH). The project aims to decrease the number of readmissions to an NBHH by 25% using specific interventions that have been revealed through a literature review of evidence-based practices (EBPs). A literature review revealed focused EBP interventions that could decrease readmissions. The PICOT question for this project was, "In adult mentally ill patients who are in an NBHH, what is the effect of focused interventions compared with usual care on readmission rates in 2 months?" Reducing the number of psychiatric readmissions is …