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Health promotion, risk stratification, and treatment options to decrease hospitalization rates for community-acquired
Cherese Severson1, Collette Renstrom, Meg Fitzhugh
1School of Nursing, Saint Alphonsus Medical Group, Boise, Idaho.
Purpose:
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a serious illness and hospitalization for this illness is expensive. There is much the nurse practitioner (NP) can do to prevent and manage this illness.
Data Sources:
Review of current literature, medical/nursing references, and data from the healthcare utilization project (HCUP).
Conclusions:
The use of health promotion, risk stratification, and current evidence-based treatment guidelines can help to decrease hospitalization rates for CAP for adults.
Implications For Practice:
NPs are experts at health promotion and evidence-based practice. Adhering to these practices and using risk stratification, NPs can help to further decrease hospitalization rates for CAP lowering healthcare costs related to this serious illness.
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