Transitional care from the hospital to the home in heart failure: implementation of best practices

Autor: Michele Nakahara-Melo, Ana Paula da Conceição, Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz, Vilanice Alves de Araújo Püschel
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 75, Iss 1 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-0446
0034-7167
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0123
Popis: ABSTRACT Objectives: Assess the compliance of the implementation of better evidence in the transitional care of the person with heart failure from the hospital to the home. Methods: Evidence implementation project according to the JBI methodology in a cardiology hospital in São Paulo. Six criteria were audited before and after implementing strategies to increase compliance with best practices. 14 nurses and 22 patients participated in the audits. Results: In the baseline audit, compliance was null with five of the six criteria. Strategies: training of nurses; reformulation of the hospital discharge form and guidance on self-care in care contexts; and making telephone contact on the 7th, 14th and 21st days after discharge. In the follow-up audit, there was 100% compliance with five of the six criteria. Conclusion: The project made it possible to increase the compliance of transitional care practices in people with heart failure with the recommendations based on the best evidence.
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