Deck 14: Reducing 30-Day Hospital Readmission of the Heart Failure Patient: an Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project

Question 1

Articulate the purpose of Reducing 30-Day Hospital Readmission of the Heart Failure Patient: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project.

Answer 1

The overall purpose of the project is to decrease readmission rates for patients with heart failure (HF) through the development and implementation of a standardized discharge notebook.

Question 2

Describe the healthcare facility that served as the setting for the quality improvement (QI) project.

Answer 2

The facility is a 155-bed hospital in the Montgomery County, Alabama, area. The facility offers medical, surgical, emergency, obstetric, and pediatric services. The facility is one of three affiliated hospitals within the region, all of which are a part of the same healthcare system.

Question 3

Describe components of the evidence-based QI intervention.

Answer 3

Components of the evidence-based QI intervention, which was a discharge notebook, included education material regarding HF, activities of daily living (ADLs) education, exercise education, proper technique for daily weights, low-sodium diet, education on signs and symptoms to report, and the follow-up plan after discharge.

Question 4

Recommendations by which major healthcare organization served as the basis for substantiating the goals of the project?

Question 5

Identify two methods of analysis used by the DNP researcher to examine incongruences between the healthcare facility's mission statement and discharge processes.

Question 6

Which QI model served as the basis for developing a concept of quality, as well as for developing the quality improvement intervention?

Question 7

Identify the stakeholders for the QI project.

Question 8

Describe the literature search used by the DNP researcher, including criteria for inclusion and exclusion, as well as the selected search terms.

Question 9

Summarize the DNP researcher's assessment of the project's impact regarding potential patient risks.

Question 10

Which research design best describes the project?