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The article discusses the revised Choosing Wisely list from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as a tool for nurse practitioners, geriatric nurses and other members of coordinated healthcare teams who help ensure that elder care is evidence-based, free from harm and truly necessary. It notes that the initiative's recommendations for choosing alternatives to benzodiazeprines as initial treatment options for insomnia or agitation is currently supported by more and recent scholarship.