Key result
Introducing a comprehensive, nurse-coordinated interdisciplinary geriatric team into an existing staff provided quality care without increasing length of stay or hospital costs.
Supports feasibility of nurse-led geriatric teams in acute care; leaves open need for randomized outcome trials.
The Senior Care Unit was developed to meet the needs of hospitalized elderly patients. Nurses assumed leadership roles as members of an interdisciplinary care team that also included representatives from medical, social work, dietary, physical therapy, and pharmacy departments. This collaborative effort not only resulted in a more complete holistic plan of care for the patient, but also increased the nurses' and other team members' knowledge of each other's areas of expertise. This project demonstrated that it is feasible to introduce a comprehensive, interdisciplinary geriatric team coordinated by the nurses into an existing staff, resulting in quality care without increasing the length of stay or hospital costs.
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Carty et al. (1993) studied Hospitalized elderly patients. Nurse-coordinated interdisciplinary geriatric team vs. Existing staff was evaluated on Length of stay and hospital costs. Introducing a comprehensive, nurse-coordinated interdisciplinary geriatric team into an existing staff provided quality care without increasing length of stay or hospital costs.
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