Citation

Mark JA, Haddad YK, Burns ER. J. Nurse Pract. 2020; 16(7): 528-532.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.04.014

PMID

34552448

Abstract

This study assessed differences in clinical fall risk assessment of older adults (65+) and clinical resources used by primary care providers (PCP). We used Porter Novelli's 2016 DocStyles survey to examine clinical behavior data from PCPs (n=1128). Compared to other practitioners, nurse practitioners (NP) reported a higher percentage of their patients were older adults. The majority of NPs reported screening for falls risk routinely, but most did not use standardized fall-risk assessments to assess risk factors. There were also differences in the types of clinical resources used by NPs and other PCPs to evaluate the safety profile of medications.

Language: en

Keywords

elderly; older adults; fall screening; medication assessment; nurse practitioners; primary care providers