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Geriatric nurse practitioners: vital to the future of health care elders
- Authors:
- FULNER Terry, FLAHERTY Ellen, MEDLEY Leslie
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 25(1), Spring 2001, pp.72-75.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
The increasing presence of nurse practitioners in health care in the United States has brought exciting change to the practice setting. In the early 1970s, there were few nurse practitioners in this country, and most were prepared with certificate programmes. Today there are more than 70,000 in the United States. Their roles range from primary care in clinics to acute-care consultation in the hospital. Nurse practitioners have been in increasing demand since the advent of managed health care: numerous studies document their efficacy, and nurse practitioners frequently command lower salaries than physicians who might perform the same role. The authors took a look at their role - and at the opportunities that changing circumstances offer nurse practitioners.