{"id":24529,"date":"2025-06-19T07:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24529"},"modified":"2025-06-19T07:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:58:28","slug":"nurse-practitioners-critical-in-treating-older-adults-as-ranks-of-geriatricians-shrink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24529","title":{"rendered":"Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Jariel Arvin for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient\u2019s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and essential medical supplies \u2014 stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forget a lunch break; she often eats a sandwich or some nuts as she heads to her next patient visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a patient in her 90s in declining health. To protect Ellen\u2019s identity, KFF Health News is not using her last name. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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