The geropsychiatric clinical nurse specialist in home care.
Home care nurses often are asked to provide care to older adults with multiple problems, including psychiatric diagnoses. This article identifies areas of knowledge a general nurse needs to provide care for geropsychiatric patients and describes the role of the geropsychiatric clinical nurse specialist as part of a home care team.
Felten
B S
BS
Gero-Psych Nursing, s.c., Lannon, Wisconsin, USA.
D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*