Geriatrics & Prescribing (AGNP)

Beers Criteria, polypharmacy review, dementia screening, falls assessment and deprescribing: the older-adult decisions both exams weight heavily.

Articles

Polypharmacy Review in 10 Minutes: A Provider's Method for the Visit and the ExamA 10-minute medication review for older adults: reconcile, match each drug to an indication, screen with Beers…11 min read

Falls Assessment in Older Adults: STEADI, Gait Tests, Medications and the HomeCDC STEADI and the 2022 World Falls Guidelines for NP candidates: screening questions, TUG and chair stand cut…10 min read

Deprescribing Benzodiazepines and Proton Pump Inhibitors: Tapers That Work and How to MonitorThe deprescribing.org benzodiazepine (2018) and PPI (2017) guidelines: who qualifies, the 25 percent taper, lo…10 min read

Dementia Screening in Primary Care: Mini-Cog, MoCA, the Reversible Causes Work-Up and ReferralMini-Cog, MoCA and MMSE cut-offs, the USPSTF 2020 I statement, tier 1 labs and MRI for contributing causes, ch…10 min read

Beers Criteria on the NP Exam: The Drugs to Avoid in Older Adults and What to Use InsteadThe 2023 AGS Beers Criteria for FNP and AGNP candidates: the avoid list by class, drug-disease pairs, renal cu…12 min read