NRS 490 Topic 10 Assignment 4 Scholarly Activities

Scholarly Activity Summary

I attended an all-day conference on Wednesday of last week, It was a conference based on preventing readmissions.  National readmission prevention conference focused on a lot of key topics hospitals are being challenged with.  ACO’s, Bundled payments and readmissions.  There were a lot of key speakers from the community hospitals discussing different topics.  Joining forces with different levels of care to provide healthcare services at affordable rates. 

            Hospitals are taking a major hit for readmissions, developing strategies focused around keeping patients in their home setting are key.  There are a lot of programs that I didn’t realize are out there as solutions to keeping patients at home and avoiding hospitalization at all cost.  There is telehealth remote monitoring which checks patient’s vitals and weights at home daily.  Care transitional coaches for patients to have a point of contact if there is an issue arise in the home, they also help and make sure all services patient needs at home they are getting.  They meet with patient’s before they are discharged from hospital to see what support they have at home and what is needed at home prior to discharge from hospital.     

            A huge need is helping patients to stay at home if possible.  Developing strategies to keep patients at home and safe are key.  I can be a part of this solution.  I see where great nursing care and teaching can really help prevent readmissions.  Patient’s need help managing everything at home.  They also need people to teach them and understand all the aspects to taking their meds.  Medication Management is a huge issue that causes readmissions.  I learned that there are a lot of interdisciplinary aspects to providing a safe discharge and being proactive. 

            I received CEU’s also for attending, I have those to go up for my renewal of licensure.  I learned a lot and can be a part of a great team.