NR 630 ASSIGNMENT, INITIATION OF CAPSTONE PROJECT, CARDIAC WELLNESS

NR 630 ASSIGNMENT, INITIATION OF CAPSTONE PROJECT, CARDIAC WELLNESS Initiation of Capstone Project Cardiac Wellness Program Melissa Brooks Chamberlain University Spring 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