GNP effectiveness in a rehabilitation center

Gerontological nurse practitioners have proved to be of immense value to patient care in a moderate sized (124-bed), busy (100 percent capacity), long-term care facility. A program that was established to handle a staffing problem with financial constraints has worked very well in providing extended medical services to a demanding patient load. GNPs have successfully been integrated into the facility with wide acceptance by the hospital staff and the clinic physicians to whom the facility's patients are referred when needed.