Social Support: An Undervalued and Underused Clinical Resource

Charles J. Alaimo, EdD, MSN, ARNP-CS and Barbara L. Parker, BS, CTRS

Dr. Alaimo is a nurse practitioner in the urgent care service of the primary care outpatient clinic and Ms. Parker is the coordinator of recreation therapy, both at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL.