NURSING NSG 4150 Dissemination of Evidence Paper Part

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Dissemination of Evidence Paper Part 1 Introduction The topic of interest that will be discussed here is the use of tele-health to educate and follow-up with patients that are diagnosed with COPD/... CHF and how this affects their compliance with disease management. Looking at this subject from an ambulatory care point of view gives a better understanding if policies that are in place to contact patients by telephone within 48 hours of discharge and then again at sequential intervals is actually making a difference in these critical patients disease management, or if face-to-face appointments with the doctors are a better treatment course. The purpose in this meta-analysis of these three studies is to determine if re-admissions in COPD/CHF patients are lessened with frequent telehealth follow-ups by nursing. Clinical Question The clinical question that was researched was in hospital discharge patients with COPD or/and CHF (P), how does nurse tele-health follow-up (I) compared to no tele-health follow-up (C) affect hospital disease management within six months to three years? Justification of the Topic The need for this topic to be investigated was implemented to evaluate if COPD and/or CHF patients were receiving adequate b follow up with good medical evaluations and education over the phone as opposed to having them attend face-to-face in clinic appointments changing the outcome of their personal disease management control. COPD and CHF are often seen together in patients significantly reducing their quality of life and ability to travel or ambulate [Show More]

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