Staff perspectives of a nurse practitioner-led orthogeriatric model of care in a large academic hospital: A mixed methods study.

Background: Research has shown that models of care involving geriatric care in orthopedics decrease hospitalizations, mortality, length of stay and post-operative complications. This article presents an example of a nurse practitioner-led orthogeriatric model of care in a large academic hospital in Ontario. The overall goal was to explore staff perspectives regarding the nurse practitioner-led orthogeriatric model of care.