Nurse Practitioner's Geriatric Practice in Japanese Postacute Care Setting

The quality of comprehensive geriatric assessment and medication reconciliation by a nurse practitioner (NP) based in Japan was evaluated by a prospective observational study. Within the 64 inpatients seen by the NP at a postacute care clinic, the achievement rate of 8 comprehensive geriatric assessment items was 93.8%, compared with just 33.8% in the nearby hospital (P

Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - September 20, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Takuya Mukai, Takahiko Tsutsumi, Emi Takaishi, Osamu Hamada, Susumu Sasaki, Toshio Shimokawa, Yuichi Imanaka Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research