Why the study?
Does telephone monitoring by a clinical nurse specialist identify patient concerns and provide support in cardiac surgery patients after early discharge?
Population
342 cardiac surgery patients discharged early (length of hospitalization 5 days or less)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7 to 14 days after discharge
Authors
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May support nurse-led telephone monitoring for post-cardiac surgery reassurance; hypothesis-generating, requiring RCTs to assess outcome impact.
Does telephone monitoring by a clinical nurse specialist identify patient concerns and provide support in cardiac surgery patients after early discharge?
Telephone monitoring by a cardiovascular clinical nurse specialist 7-14 days post-discharge identifies significant patient concerns and provides necessary reassurance and education for cardiac surgery patients.
Savage et al. (1999) studied this question.
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