Senior Living: Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Elders as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink
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Senior living: Nurse practitioners critical in treating elders as ranks of geriatricians shrink
By Jariel Arvin, KFF Health News On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s 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 — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff and pulse oximeter. Forget a lunch break; she often eats a sandwich or some nuts as she heads to her next …
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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink - Medika Life
[By Jariel Arvin June 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original – Reprinted with Permission] On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s 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 — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter. This story also ran on The Washin…
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