Stacey Cowhig, Recreational Therapy, scowhig@unch.unc.edu
geriatric assessment, assessment of discharge needs, and prevention of delirium

Peter Garand, Clinical Social Worker, pgarand@unch.unc.edu

John Gotelli, NSN, GNP, Nurse Practitioner, jgotelli@unch.unc.edu
What is the role of the nurse practitioner? John Gotelli is the nurse practitioner on the geriatric service (the ACE unit) at UNC Hospitals. Read about the importance of nurse practitioners to the administration and delivery of health care.

Assist in completion of forms, medication review
Family discussions
Liaison to nursing care facilities
Nursing and Resident education re: delirium, dementia, wound prevention and care, foley catheters, geriatric assessments
NP can enter POE orders (during interdisciplinary rounds can assist by entering orders for consults, RT, etc.)
Assistance with discharge planning
Development of nursing protocols
Completion of geriatric assessment on at risk patients with note documented in WebCIS
Link to Beacon Program for issues related to elder mistreatment

Dylana Possiel, RN, Assistant Nurse Manager, dpossiel@unch.unc.edu

Sarah Whitaker, RN, Geriatric Nurse, swhitake@unch.unc.edu

Click here for a list of UNC Hospitals nurses who have their geriatric nursing certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Pharmacist

Sue Kent, PharmD, Pharmacy, skent@unch.unc.edu
Sue is a PharmD with additional credentialing in geriatrics; will round with the team on post call days and available on 8 Bedtower daily.

Pastoral Care: A chaplain is assigned to the Geriatric Unit and the on-call chaplain is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The chaplain’s primary roles are:

1. to assist patients, families, and staff to draw upon their spiritual resources as a critical element in the healing and recovery process and provision of care
2. ensure patients and families have ready access to religious practices, resources, and rituals to sustain them during hospitalization
3. provide pastoral care to patients, families and staff in times of crisis, towards completion of advance directives and end-of-life care planning, and theological and spiritual critical decision making

The unit chaplain can be contacted by asking your nurse to call the chaplain or by calling the Department of Pastoral Care at 919-966-4021. After hours and weekends, the on-call chaplain can be reached by calling the hospital operator at 966-4131 and asking for the on-call chaplain to be paged.

Contact person for Pastoral Care: Jim Rawlings (jrawling@unch.unc.edu)

Last updated 2/8/2008.