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Improving Data Collection And Documentation Within A Post-Hospital Discharge Follow-Up Phone Call Program, Lindsay Horihan, Tasha Flicek

Nursing DNP Projects

Hospital discharge with quality patient education and instruction is paramount for the success of recovery and mitigation of readmission. Identification of gaps within hospital discharge can lead to strategies to improve the discharge process. A project was designed to improve data collection, documentation of discrepancies (gaps/events), and analysis of data relating to patient and process outcomes of a post-discharge follow-up phone call program. Interventions included a newly implemented algorithm to outline a phone call workflow, refine data collection, and evaluate outcomes. Data collection to increase identification of gaps in care from discharge to follow-up aid in improving patient outcomes.

Caring Calls: A Weekly Phone Call Intervention And The Correlation With Loneliness In Rural Dwelling Adults, Abigail Jumbeck, Jennifer Timm, Mieca Valen, Chris Malone

Nursing DNP Projects

Purpose: This pilot study’s aim was to examine the impact of weekly phone calls from interprofessional students on loneliness in rural dwelling adults.

Design: A pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design was utilized.

Setting: The intervention was based in southeastern Minnesota, although the participants could have lived anywhere. Zoom for Healthcare © was utilized, and students were able to make the phone calls from their homes, therefore, no travel was necessary.

Subjects: The subjects were rural dwelling adults (over the age 18 years old).

Intervention: Interprofessional students made weekly social phone calls to rural dwelling adults over ten weeks.

Measures: The …