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. 2014 Oct;26(10):537-49.
doi: 10.1002/2327-6924.12072. Epub 2013 Sep 3.

Health promotion, risk stratification, and treatment options to decrease hospitalization rates for community-acquired pneumonia in adults

Cherese Severson  1 , Collette Renstrom, Meg Fitzhugh
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Health promotion, risk stratification, and treatment options to decrease hospitalization rates for community-acquired pneumonia in adults

Cherese Severson et al. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Health promotion; lung; nurse practitioners; risk reduction; therapies.

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