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The Connection Issue 75: Nurses' Impact on Hospital Readmissions

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Enduring Education Activity

Start Date: July 19, 2023 - End Date: July 19, 2025
.75 Contact Hours ANCC
Member Price: Free
Non-Member Price $10.00

Learning Outcomes

  • -Participants will self-report increased competence in applying self-care theory.
  • -Participants will self-report an increased understanding of the three concepts from the theory of self-care and which may be the most important to the self-care process.
  • -Participants will self-report increased understanding between “discharge teaching” and “discharge telling”.
  • -Participants will self-report increased confidence incorporating the 13 teaching skills into every discharge teaching encounter.

Planning Committee:
Christopher E. Otto, MSN, RN, CCRN

Faculty: 
Arlene Travis, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, CHFN-K, CHC
Barbara Riegel, PhD, RN, FHFSA, FAHA, FAAN
Marianne Weiss, DNSc, RN

Accreditation Statement

This activity is provided by the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN). The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.

Disclosure/Conflicts of Interest
The planners and faculty for this activity do not have any relevant relationships to disclose unless listed below. Any resulting conflicts of interest have been resolved according to ANCC guidance.

Disclosure of Commercial Support
AAHFN did not receive commercial support from any organizations for this activity.   

The requirement for successful completion:
Read the issue in its entirety and the accreditation information below; the articles that have the education logo on the top of the page are part of the enduring educational activity The Connection Issue 75: Nurses' Impact on Hospital Readmissions. Access the post-test, successfully pass it with a minimal score of 70% and submit an evaluation and receive a certificate of completion. Participants who successfully complete this activity in its entirety will be awarded .75 contact hours.