Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 234-236 , July 2005

Gerontologic nurse practitioner care guidelines: Isolated systolic hypertension

  • Jeff Trees, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • JEFF TREES, RN, BSN, is a graduate student at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, in the family nurse practitioner program. He works at TriHealth in Cincinnati, as the EMS Coordinator for Good Samaritan Hospital and also as a Paramedic Instructor for Bethesda North Hospital.
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  • Ann Luggen, PhD, GNP

      Affiliations

    • ANN SCHMIDT LUGGEN, PhD, GNP, is a professor at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, and a geriatric nurse practitioner at Evercare. She serves as NCGNP section editor for Geriatric Nursing.

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PII: S0197-4572(05)00128-X

doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.05.003

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 234-236 , July 2005

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