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Published on: October 6, 2016
[The advanced practice nurse in gerontology, a trial to be transformed]
Pascal Lambert1, Thi Lambert2, Claire Trochet3
1Chaire de recherche en sciences infirmières, laboratoire éducations et pratiques en santé (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, université Paris-13, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 74 rue Marcel-Cachin, 93017 Bobigny cedex, France; Société française de gériatrie et de gérontologie, collège des soignants, 135 avenue de Wagram, 75017 Paris, France.
Abstract:
Elderly people are the main victims of discontinuities in their treatment because they require appropriate care. The current system is no longer able to satisfactorily cover all these complex and increasingly important demands due to the lengthening of life expectancy and the profound crisis affecting health professionals. Feedback from the experience of nurses with a Master's degree in Advanced Practice in Gerontology since 2012 shows that in this new and critical context, they are a serious solution to be adopted by the legislator to meet these public health challenges.
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