[Implementation of an EMG IPA in the emergency department]

Abstract

An advanced practice nurse from the Bretonneau-Bichat (AP-HP) hospitals' mobile geriatric outpatient team works in the emergency department (SAU). Its mission is to facilitate the identification, evaluation and referral of frail elderly patients discharged home after a visit to the emergency department. Description of the implementation of this project, its progress, and one-year assessment.

Keywords: advanced practice nurse; elderly patients; emergency; frailty identification; infirmière en pratique avancée; mobile geriatric team; patient âgé; repérage de la fragilité; urgence; équipe mobile de gériatrie.