Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Page 233 , July 2005

Pharmacology update: Inappropriate prescribing in the long-term care setting

  • Ann S. Luggen, PhD GNP, CNAA

      Affiliations

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

References 

  1. Gurwitz JH , Field T , Judge J , et al.   The incidence of adverse drug events in two large academic long-term care facilities . Am J Med . 2005;118:251–258
  2. Fick DM , Cooper JW , Wade W , et al.   Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults (results of a US consensus panel of experts) . Arch Intern Med . 2003;163:2716–2724
  3. Simon S , Chan KA , Soumerai SB , et al.   Potentially inappropriate medication use by elderly persons in U.S . health maintenance organizations 2000–2001. JAGS . 2005;53:227–232
  4. Zhan C , Correa-de-Araujo R , Bierman A , et al.   Suboptimal prescribing in elderly outpatients (potentially harmful drug-drug and drug-disease combinations) . JAGS . 2005;53:26–27

PII: S0197-4572(05)00141-2

doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.06.008

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Page 233 , July 2005

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