title: Management of nursing within a collaborative physician group practice.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Health Systems Research Center, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, IL, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schraeder
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Britt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dworak
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shelton
mesh_terms: 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*