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Hand off communication tool between nursing staff and provider for reducing 30 day hospital readmission in an assisted living facility
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Hand off communication tool between nursing staff and provider for reducing 30 day hospital readmission in an assisted living facility

Romelynn Kirsten Tewarson
Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.), Drexel University
Jun 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/7krx-zq44
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Abstract

Nursing--Practice Continuum of care Chronic diseases Nursing Older People
Background: Ineffective or inadequate communication is a leading cause of poor health outcomes as well as quality of health care when dealing with complex chronic conditions in older adults (Jones, et al, 2015). This is usually the result of substandard communication of important health information between provider and their patients. This , is turn, leads to poor care coordination, thereby leading to avoidable hospital readmission from skilled nursing facility.

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