title: Should a geriatric nurse practitioner become part of a multispecialty group?
abstract: The addition of a geriatric nurse practitioner to the staff of a medical group that visits nursing home residents appears to offer benefits to the professional staff, the nursing home staff, and the nursing home residents, according to interviews with nursing home personnel and the physicians and administrators of the multispecialty group providing medical services to the nursing homes.
authors.affiliation: Olmsted Medical Group, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Yawn
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Geier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005544:Forecasting; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000639:trends*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends; D008910:Minnesota; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000639:trends*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000639:trends; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends*; D013038:Specialization