Relationship Between Heart Failure Bedside Discharge Teaching and Readmissions

In 2020, the American Heart Association reported about 6.2 million U.S. adults have a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) (Virani et al., 2020). In 2012, the cost of HF to [...]
A streamlined bedside discharge teaching program was compared to conventional discharge teaching among patients with heart failure. No significant differences were found in patient readmissions between the two teaching programs, but nurses were positive regarding time savings with the streamlined program. Keywords: heart failure, readmissions, discharge teaching, treatment fidelity, intention-to-treat analysis Learning Outcome: After completing this education activity, the learner will be able to discuss the effectiveness of a streamlined bedside discharge teaching program in preventing hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure.