Improving Discharge Education and Outcomes for Patients with Heart Failure
The emerging field of implementation science (IS) facilitates the sustainment of evidence-based practice in clinical care. This article, the fourth in a series on applying IS, describes how a nurse-led team at a multisite health system used IS concepts, methods, and tools to implement a discharge education bundle for patients with heart failure at two community hospitals, with the aim of decreasing readmissions and improving patient functioning and satisfaction.
Authors
- Maureen McLaughlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5080-9404)
- Kathleen Russell-Babin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3578-4955)
- Bernice D Mowery
- A. Bhuvanesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-9680)
- Amanda P Bettencourt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2622-231X)
- Rebecca Babb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4479-6031)
- Kevin Healy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-6253)
- Tigist A Mannaye
- Eric Brand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8126-3516)
- Demeke Gisila
Institutions
- Inova Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJN American Journal of Nursing
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ajn.0000000000000030
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39