Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Gerontological Advanced Practice Nursing

Sanggon Nam^* Department of Public Health Sciences, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA 92504, USA
^*Correspondence: Sanggon Nam, Department of Public Health Sciences, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA 92504, USA, Email:

Received: 02-Aug-2022, Manuscript No. Jggr-22-18562; Editor assigned: 04-Aug-2022, Pre QC No. P-18562; Reviewed: 16-Aug-2022, QC No. Q-18562; Revised: 21-Aug-2022, Manuscript No. R-18562; Published: 28-Aug-2022, DOI: 10.37421/2167-7182.2022.11.628

Introduction

The care of senior citizens requires a considerable contribution from GAPNs. They offer this demographic targeted health screenings, guidance, crisis intervention, and all-encompassing care. They play a significant role as advocates in promoting continuity of care tailored to older folks' needs and directing proper resource usage. For older clients, their families, and other nursing and healthcare professionals involved in their care, GAPNs offer crucial educational services. They are pioneers in the fields of geriatric nursing and gerontological nursing, and they also start or work on studies targeted at enhancing older people's health status. GAPNs are real geriatric care professionals with a lot of potential to help an ageing society [1].

Medical care for elderly individuals is provided by geriatric nurse practitioners (GNPs). They all possess the same abilities as advanced nurse practitioners. To offer complete healthcare services to elderly people, senior care facilities rely on GNPs. Geriatric nursing professionals do physical examinations, assess well-being, and create care plans expressly for older people. GNPs consult with senior patients and their caregivers as well as educate senior clients and their caregivers on topics related to geriatric well-being [2]. Through membership in the National Gerontological Nursing Association, which collaborates with geriatric specialists to create favourable patient outcomes among the senior population, geriatric nursing practitioners develop their field.

Description

Senior people receive medical treatment from geriatric nurse practitioners, who offer services like diagnoses, exams, and prescriptions. The medical world also acknowledges the role as gerontological nurse practitioner or gerontological advanced practise nursing, depending on the location. These individuals collaborate closely with geriatric doctors and provide primary healthcare services. Provide annual checks and screenings to find illnesses in conjunction with senior care, home health assistance, and hospice services [3]. The normal workday is regimented and includes numerous duties. These nurse practitioners work autonomously and directly with patients for a large portion of the day. Assist senior citizens in managing pain, determining whether certain symptoms call for additional investigation through testing, and managing conditions by giving medicine and therapy are advanced practise nurses, and they share a number of competencies. These competences are provided by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioners Faculties for all advanced nursing specialties. The anticipates that nurses will demonstrate competence in managing and overseeing patient health. They also anticipate that nurse practitioners would be able to establish rapport with their patients and educate them about new medical developments as well as other stakeholders. The association also promotes cooperation between advanced practise nurses and organisations providing specialty-specific healthcare [4].

The company anticipates that these experts will expertly oversee and bargain for the provision of services on behalf of their patients, as well as monitor and promote high-quality caregiving. Additionally, exhorts nurse practitioners to include cultural awareness in their work. Geriatric nurse practitioners are employed by caregiving facilities to assess the health of senior patients while identifying and meeting their healthcare needs. The care providers assess the characteristics of elderly patients by comparing those situations to what the medical community recognises as typical health for people of different mature ages; geriatric nursing professionals ascertain where a senior stands in terms of typical advanced age development.

Additionally, keep an eye out for exterior dangers to elderly patients, such as neglect or abuse. Geriatric nurse practitioners must keep a close eye out for self-inflicted illnesses that threaten the elderly population, such as drug misuse and malnutrition. Geriatric nurses can get a complete picture of the wellbeing of older patients by keeping an eye on these threats taken together. Geriatric nurse practitioners perform thorough physical examinations that are senior-focused. Additionally, they assess the patient's eating patterns, mental health, and social support systems keep an eye out for issues that are specific to the environment for elders living in long-term care facilities. These experts also assess internal stressors, such obligations and interpersonal connections that affect geriatric patients [5].

Conclusion

Use techniques tailored to elderly clientele while analysing patient health. They assess potential health risks identified based on patient medical records, as well as how compromised cognitive abilities and numerous disorders interact to endanger patient well-being. Geriatric nurse practitioners have a specific grasp of how conditions that are frequent in older people, like delirium, dementia, and depression, affect the general health of their patients conduct screenings for ailments and alterations frequently seen in elderly people. They also search for uncommon things.

Acknowledgement

None.

Conflict of Interest

There are no conflicts of interest by author.

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