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Nurses' Knowledge of Heart Failure: Implications for Decreasing 30-Day Re-Admission Rates.

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2015

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Heart failure affects 5.1 million Americans. It is the leading cause of hospitalization in older adults and the most common cause of readmissions, which cost approximately $12 billion annually. Readmissions can be reduced through increased nurses' knowledge in heart failure.