title: The geropsychiatric clinical nurse specialist in home care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gero-Psych Nursing, s.c., Lannon, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Felten
mesh_terms: 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*