Management of nursing within a collaborative physician group practice.
Today's changing health care environment suggests the need for integration of high-quality primary medical and nursing care to address the complex psychosocial and environmental aspects of health in the elderly. This article describes a model of geriatric primary collaborative care between nurses and physicians that has been successfully implemented in a large primary care group practice setting.
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Health Systems Research Center, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Dworak
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Shelton
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D000368:Aged; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*