Improving Discharge Education and Outcomes for Patients with Heart Failure.

Am J Nurs

Bernice D. Mowery and Rebecca Babb are nurse scientists at Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA, where Abhi Bhuvanesh is system director of quality improvement and Kathleen Russell-Babin is vice president of professional practice. Erin Brand is an RN unit supervisor at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, VA. Demeke Gisila is an RN unit supervisor at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, VA. Katie Healy is a staff nurse at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, VA. Tigist A. Mannaye is an RN unit supervisor at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, VA. Amanda P. Bettencourt is an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia and an implementation science consultant. Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin is an implementation science consultant in Charles Town, WV. Contact author: Kathleen Russell-Babin, . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Published: March 2025

The emerging field of implementation science (IS) facilitates the sustainment of evidence-based practice in clinical care. This article, the fourth in a series on applying IS, describes how a nurse-led team at a multisite health system used IS concepts, methods, and tools to implement a discharge education bundle for patients with heart failure at two community hospitals, with the aim of decreasing readmissions and improving patient functioning and satisfaction.

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