Nurse Practitioners' and Physicians' Care Activities and Clinical Outcomes With an Inpatient Geriatric Population

Less is known about nurse practitioners' (NPs') effectiveness in acute care than about their effectiveness in outpatient settings. This study investigated care activities and clinical outcomes for hospitalized geriatric patients treated by NPs compared with those treated by intern and resident physicians.A descriptive comparative research design involved random selection of 100 inpatient geriatric patients and a convenience sample of 17...