Running head: INITIATION OF CAPSTONE 1
PROJECT
NR 630 ASSIGNMENT, INITIATION OF CAPSTONE
PROJECT, CARDIAC WELLNESS
Initiation of Capstone Project
Cardiac Wellness
Program
Melissa Brooks
Chamberlain University
Spring
, INITIATION OF CAPSTONE 2
PROJECT
Cardiac Wellness Program
In 2012, 17.5 million people died from heart disease and accounted for 31 percent of the
global mortality rate. The conditions that were reported on were acute coronary syndromes such
as ST elevation, myocardial infarction, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, and unstable
angina. These patients are fifty percent more likely to be readmitted with life threatening
conditions. (Hamilton, Mills, B. McRae, & Thompson, 2018) With an aging demographic in the
community and the current demands placed on nursing leaders to provide quality and affordable
healthcare while maintaining patient satisfaction determined a need to look for evidence-based
research to decrease cardiac readmissions through the implementation of a cardiac wellness
program. The goal for the program is to decrease the hospitals cardiac readmissions by forty
percent and show a return on investment in one year.
Summary: The article describes the opportunity the Affordable Care Act offers to
improve public health in the United States by building workplace cultures of health. The author
suggests that the prevention and public health fund offers the community opportunities to
strengthen public health through wellness programs with a strategy to focus on wellness and
prevention. This article is relevant and provides current evidence-based data to support the
implementation of a cardiac wellness program. Anderko L, Roffenbender JS, Goetzel RZ,
Millard F, Wildenhaus K, DeSantis, C., Novelli, W. (2012). Promoting prevention through the
affordable care act: Workplace Wellness. Preventing Chronic Disease, 9:120092.
Summary: This study found that a high percentage of cardiovascular disease patients
have poor dentition, but overall lack awareness of how their oral health can impact their
cardiovascular outcomes. The results suggest that a holistic cardiac wellness program should
promote the importance of providing health advice and referral services to affordable dental
PROJECT
NR 630 ASSIGNMENT, INITIATION OF CAPSTONE
PROJECT, CARDIAC WELLNESS
Initiation of Capstone Project
Cardiac Wellness
Program
Melissa Brooks
Chamberlain University
Spring
, INITIATION OF CAPSTONE 2
PROJECT
Cardiac Wellness Program
In 2012, 17.5 million people died from heart disease and accounted for 31 percent of the
global mortality rate. The conditions that were reported on were acute coronary syndromes such
as ST elevation, myocardial infarction, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, and unstable
angina. These patients are fifty percent more likely to be readmitted with life threatening
conditions. (Hamilton, Mills, B. McRae, & Thompson, 2018) With an aging demographic in the
community and the current demands placed on nursing leaders to provide quality and affordable
healthcare while maintaining patient satisfaction determined a need to look for evidence-based
research to decrease cardiac readmissions through the implementation of a cardiac wellness
program. The goal for the program is to decrease the hospitals cardiac readmissions by forty
percent and show a return on investment in one year.
Summary: The article describes the opportunity the Affordable Care Act offers to
improve public health in the United States by building workplace cultures of health. The author
suggests that the prevention and public health fund offers the community opportunities to
strengthen public health through wellness programs with a strategy to focus on wellness and
prevention. This article is relevant and provides current evidence-based data to support the
implementation of a cardiac wellness program. Anderko L, Roffenbender JS, Goetzel RZ,
Millard F, Wildenhaus K, DeSantis, C., Novelli, W. (2012). Promoting prevention through the
affordable care act: Workplace Wellness. Preventing Chronic Disease, 9:120092.
Summary: This study found that a high percentage of cardiovascular disease patients
have poor dentition, but overall lack awareness of how their oral health can impact their
cardiovascular outcomes. The results suggest that a holistic cardiac wellness program should
promote the importance of providing health advice and referral services to affordable dental
