Explore Background of Issue

WORTH 200 POINTS

To complete this week, after reading chapter two in Melnyk and reviewing the lectures you submit a 2-3 page paper that explores the background of your issue. For this you will be defining this issue or disease using the literature. It will end with the PICOT question. The parts of your paper should include:

• Introduction
• Definition
• Epidemiology
• Clinical Presentation
• Complications
• Diagnosis
• Conclusion with PICOT Question

Revised PICO:

Do individuals recently discharged from heart failure-related hospitalization (P) have reduced readmission rates and mortality (I) due to nurse practitioner-led remote transitional care interventions (C) as compared to usual post-discharge care (O)?

Possible references (Have to be 5 yrs old or less) (CAN USE OTHER REFERENCES IF YOU FIND RELATABLE ONES):

Gray, J., Grove, S., & Sutherland, S. (2016). Burns and Grove’s The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence (8th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323377584

Feltner, C., Jones, C. D., Cené, C. W., Zheng, Z. J., Sueta, C. A., Coker-Schwimmer, E. J., … & Jonas, D. E. (2014). Transitional care interventions to prevent readmissions for persons with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of internal medicine, 160(11), 774-784.

Kotb, A., Cameron, C., Hsieh, S., & Wells, G. (2015). Comparative effectiveness of different forms of telemedicine for individuals with heart failure (HF): a systematic review and network meta-analysis. PloS one, 10(2), e0118681. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118681

Melnyk, B. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2014). Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare (3rd ed.). Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins-LWW. ISBN: 9781451190946

Pandor, A., Thokala, P., Gomersall, T., Baalbaki, H., Stevens, J. W., Wang, J., … & Fitzgerald, P. (2013). Home telemonitoring or structured telephone support programmes after recent discharge in patients with heart failure: systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment (Winchester, England), 17(32), 1.

Vedel, I., & Khanassov, V. (2015). Transitional care for patients with congestive heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Annals of Family Medicine, 13(6), 562-571.

IF you use CDC and/or WHO references they need to be complete references