Date of Award
2022
Document Type
Capstone
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
College Granting Degree
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Katherine Chadwell
Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair
Tamara Langley
Abstract
Background Potentially avoidable nursing home-to-hospital transfers can cause harm to vulnerable residents and are costly (McCarthy et al., 2020). Nursing homes (NH) with an effective hospital transfer prevention program (HTPP) have been shown to keep residents safe, improve health outcomes, and control healthcare expenditures (McCarthy et al., 2020). Studies have shown that many hospital transfers can be avoided with evidence-based interventions (Ouslander et al., 2014). Aim This program evaluation aims to examine the current HTPP at a nursing facility in South Florida to determine its effectiveness in decreasing hospital transfers by evaluating the use of the interventions in place and the number of hospital transfers each quarter in one year.
Extent
27 p.
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Laverne, "Evaluation of a Nursing Home Hospital Transfer Prevention Program" (2022). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present. 1605.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/1605
Identifier
faudnp000058