More theoretical input from advanced practice nurses aims to help improve overall care strategies, providing for a better quality of life for patients around the country and beyond.
Not only do advanced practice nurses have a huge impact on patients while they are under hospital care, they often have a huge impact in the care strategies after the patient is sent home for recovery. According to McCauley, Bixby, and Naylor (2006), advanced practice nurses coordinate "care collaboratively with the patient's healthcare team while the patient is hospitalized and during the immediate period post-discharge to home, will prevent complications and errors, and improve outcomes while reducing the cost of care" (302). As such, it is clear that the role of the advanced nurse practitioner is incredibly vast and complicated, with the many roles the individuals who embody it must play. Advanced practice nurses are supposed to help facilitate the best strategy of care both during immediate and long-term recovery, while also having the heavier burden of trying to balance the good of the...
Advanced practice nurses are often very successful in extending their influence over strategy from within a care facility into a recovery environment, which increases chances of a better recovery of patients dealing with the after effects of the disorder. Thus, the research suggests that advanced practice nurse "intervention was effective in increasing the length of time between hospital discharge and readmission or death, reducing readmissions, and decreasing overall healthcare costs" (McCauley, Bixby, & Naylor, 2006, p 303). With such a huge impact, it is crucial for advanced practice nursing to incorporate an ongoing research inquiry and theoretical dialogue regarding congestive heart failure.
References
McCauley, Kathleen M., Bixby, Brian, & Naylor, Mary D. (2006). Advanced practice nurse strategies to improve outcomes and reduce cost in elders with heart failure. Disease Management, 9(5), 302-312.
McCormick, S.A. (1999). Advanced practice nursing for congestive heart failure. Critical Care Nursing…
