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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">477</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2025.51217</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Nursing</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Role of Nurse and Health Education in Reducing Readmission Rates&#13;
</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alduhim</surname>
            <given-names>Wafa Ali</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Aldaham</surname>
            <given-names>Nasser Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Albuhayran</surname>
            <given-names>Muhannad Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>ALZain</surname>
            <given-names>Areej Abdullah</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Aljohani</surname>
            <given-names>Samira Saad</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alzain</surname>
            <given-names>Shatha Abdullah</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alhejaili</surname>
            <given-names>Naif Abdulhadi</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>23</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>5</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
      <fpage>848</fpage>
      <lpage>855</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Hospital readmissions pose a significant issue for healthcare systems and patients worldwide, contributing to lower patient outcomes, higher costs, and suboptimal resource use. Nurse-led patient education as an intervention has offered the opportunity to overcome this issue by providing patients and caregivers with the required skills for effective self-care. Improved patient communication on discharge, using strategies such as the teach-back method and post-discharge follow-ups, can reduce readmission rates. This is critical, particularly among patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, cardiac disorders, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thus, nurse-led education enhances patient health literacy and improves adherence to treatment plans. However, challenges such as limited time and resources, patient illiteracy, and systemic barriers hinder its effective implementation. This review aims to explore the factors associated with high rates of readmission and the role of nurse education in reducing such rates. It also seeks to demonstrate challenges against the successful implementation of nurse-led patient education with the aim of providing practical solutions for enhancing continuity of care and achieving better patient outcomes.&#13;
</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>nurse education</kwd>
        <kwd> hospital readmissions</kwd>
        <kwd> patient education</kwd>
        <kwd> nurse-led patient education</kwd>
        <kwd> transitional care</kwd>
        <kwd> teach-back method</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
    </article-meta>
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