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Geriatric Medication Consulting

Chad Sharkey CNP
Board Certified Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
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Are Your Medications Safe? Unlock the Secrets to Keeping Your Health in Check with Our Expert Geriatric Medication Tips!
Navigating the world of medications can feel like walking a tightrope, especially for older adults managing several prescriptions. You...
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Jan 163 min read
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Jan 150 min read
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How a Comprehensive Getiatric Medication Review works and Why it is Important for our Ongoing Concerns and Poor Outcomes with Polypharmacy
Please check out my YouTube video posted 1/13/25. https://youtu.be/h7p1N60uUlI?si=p5NbaCM1jhDinv10
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Jan 131 min read
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The Growing Concern of Polypharmacy in the Elderly: A Geriatric Nurse Practitioner’s Perspective
As a geriatric nurse practitioner, I witness firsthand the significant challenges posed by polypharmacy—the concurrent use of multiple...
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Jan 105 min read
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Health Care Professional Introduction
Hello Everyone and thank you for taking the time to read my post! I am the owner of Geriatric Medicine Consulting. I am a Board Certified...
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Jan 101 min read
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Falls and Polypharmacy in the Elderly: The statistics continue to trend upward as our Senior population grows, yet we still don't have a handle around de-prescribing medications.
As I posted yesterday, polypharmacy is a significant concern in our elderly population for multiple reasons, the most important being...
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Jan 73 min read
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Polypharmacy in the Elderly. Why too many Medications are bad
Polypharmacy refers to the concurrent use of multiple medications by a patient, typically defined as the use of five or more medications....
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Jan 62 min read
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Dizziness, Orthostatic Hypotension and Falls
Here is a link to my Youtube video for educational purposes. https://youtu.be/DP7RVGoNpQE
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Jan 21 min read
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Welcome to Geriatric Medicine Consulting!
Hello everyone and thank you so much for visiting my new website. I am a board certified Geriatric Nurse Practitioner and I have been...
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Jan 24 min read
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