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Nurse Practitioner Protocols and Collaboration in Long-Term Care
on Advances in Long Term Care Medicine
What strengths do physicians and nurse practitioners contribute to the long-term care interdisciplinary team, and what are the keys to a strong collaborative practice? What types of state and specific nursing home regulations impact nurse practitioners in long-term care? Nurse practitioner Dr. Debra Bakerjian, postdoctoral fellow at Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at University of California Davis, joins host Dr. Eric Tangalos to discuss the impact of supervisory regulations on collaborative practices, and how changes might be made to regulations to improve patient care. Also, what's the job growth outlook for nurse practitioners in long-term care?
Dr. Eric G. Tangalos is professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic and was chair of primary care internal medicine from 1997 to 2006. He is a past-president of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) and is a fellow and past governor of the American College of Physicians. He served eight years on the national board of the Alzheimer's Association and has had continuous NIH funding for his work at the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Center since 1986. Dr. Tangalos has been medical director at Bethany Samaritan Heights nursing home since its doors opened in 1981. He is also vice chair of the AMDA Policy Committee is again delegate to the AMA for AMDA.
Dr. Debra Bakerjian is a postdoctoral fellow at Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at University of California, Davis. She is also past-president of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (formerly the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners) and now serves on the GAPNA Foundation Board. Dr. Bakerjian is also president of president of geriHEALTH Solutions.Dr. Bakerjian received her PhD in health policy and gerontology and MSN at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing. She received an FNP/PA certificate from the University of California San Francisco Davis School of Medicine.Dr. Bakerjian has consulted extensively on wound care and quality improvement issues nationally and in California nursing homes to help develop sound systems, policies and procedures, and to train their nurses on assessment, management, monitoring, and documentation that is consistent with best practices. She has held a variety of community and public service positions over many years, and has served on state and national boards of directors of professional organizations and has served on many committees and task forces. At the state level, Dr. Bakerjian is on the board of directors and the immediate past chair of the education committee of California Long Term Care Medicine (CALTCM), which is the California chapter of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA).
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