http://nursefacultyscholars.org/taxonomy/term/689/0 en http://nursefacultyscholars.org/research-library/hospital-nursing-and-30-day-readmissions-among-medicare-patients-heart-failure-acut <div class="field field-type-date field-field-general-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Published Date:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2013-01-05 (All day)</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The purpose of this study&nbsp;was to determine the relationship between hospital nursing; that is, nurse work environment, nurse staffing levels, and nurse education, and 30-day readmissions among Medicare patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumonia. &nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>The purpose of this study&nbsp;was to determine the relationship between hospital nursing; that is, nurse work environment, nurse staffing levels, and nurse education, and 30-day readmissions among Medicare patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumonia. It was concluded that improving nurses' work environemnts and staffing may be effective interventions for preventing readmissions. &nbsp;</p><div class="field field-type-link field-field-related-url"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/Abstract/2013/01000/Hospital_Nursing_and_30_Day_Readmissions_Among.11.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Hospital Nursing and 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare Patients With Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia</a> </div> </div> </div> interventions nurse work environment staffing nurse education nurse staffing nurse work environment Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:35:49 +0000 kdeming 749 at http://nursefacultyscholars.org