The role of the nurse practitioner in promoting a reduction in the causes and outcomes of problematic polypharmacy among nursing home residents in British Columbia

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Abstract	Abstract Problematic polypharmacy is an ongoing issue for older adults throughout Canada, and specifically among nursing home residents (Maher, Hanion, & Hajjar, 2013). Despite interventions that are currently in place in British Columbia (BC) to reduce the causes and outcomes of this issue, problematic polypharmacy continues to pose a risk for residents among BC nursing homes. This integrative review asks how nurse practitioners (NPs) can best promote a reduction in the causes and outcomes of problematic polypharmacy among residents in BC nursing homes... .
Persons	Persons Author (aut): Jassar, Sukhwant Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Erin Degree committee member (dgc): Rojas, Shanda
Degree Name	Degree Name Master of Science (MSc)
Department	Department Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner
DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.24124/2016/1236
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Graduate Research Projects

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Date Created/Date Issued	2016
Publisher	University of Northern British Columbia
Issuance	monographic

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Keywords	Keywords polypharmacy problematic polypharmacy inappropriate medication inappropriate prescribing medication management nursing home

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Extent	Extent Number of pages in document: 100
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Language	Language English

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