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Study Finds Geriatric Physician & NP Workforce Kept Pace with Aging Population, But Significant Rural Disparities Persist

Daily Nurse

A new study published in JAMA Network Open finds that geriatric nurse practitioners (NPs) helped expand the geriatric workforce and kept the combined geriatric physician and NP workforce on pace with the growth of the older population. counties lack specialized geriatric healthcare professionals.

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The Promise and Peril of ChatGPT in Geriatric Nursing Education 

Daily Nurse

So Daily Nurse spoke with Bei Wu, PhD, FGSA, FAAN (Honorary), Vice Dean for Research, Dean’s Professor in Global Health, New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing , and Xiang Qi, BSN, RN, PhD candidate at New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing about ChatGPT’s potential use in geriatric nursing education.

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Geriatric Nursing: A Specialty in Need

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population ages, geriatric nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) can make an impact. The need for geriatric nurses can be explained simply by looking at data highlighting an aging United States. Geriatric nurses are critical to our healthcare workforce.”. Attention for geriatrics. Necessities for geriatrics.

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Help Aging Veterans Cope with a Geriatric Mental Health Career

Daily Nurse

Still, one avenue of care you may not consider is geriatric mental health. When we imagine the professionals caring for aging Veterans, we often immediately think of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. As our Veteran population ages, those who […]

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A Day in the Life: Geriatric Nurse

Daily Nurse

While some nurses feel pulled into treating children, others love to care for those in their later years by working in the geriatric field. She has more than 37 years of experience in geriatric nursing care, both as a senior care nurse and director of nursing care, and she took the time to answer our questions. What drew you to it?

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The Overlooked Crisis: Trauma Care for Older Adults in a Strained Nursing Workforce

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This weeks blog is written by Hanna Jrbrink, a specialist nurse surgical care, PhD student, and research nurse at the Department of surgery and trauma care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden. The post The Overlooked Crisis: Trauma Care for Older Adults in a Strained Nursing Workforce appeared first on Evidence-Based Nursing blog.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

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As I’ve been blogging about this for a couple months now, I’m really trying to find anyone who loves these things. Drew: I’ve published a draft version of it on the blog. I realized over the years, I had most of my fellows and residents just… I would teach them these things and they would not use them.

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