Open AccessNurses' Recognition of Delirium and Its Symptoms
Author(s) -
Sharon K. Inouye,
Marquis D. Foreman,
Lorraine C. Mion,
Karol H. Katz,
Leo M. Cooney
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.161.20.2467
Subject(s) - delirium , odds ratio , confidence interval , dementia , confusion , medicine , risk factor , psychiatry , psychology , disease , psychoanalysis
Nurses play a key role in recognition of delirium, yet delirium is often unrecognized by nurses. Our goals were to compare nurse ratings for delirium using the Confusion Assessment Method based on routine clinical observations with researcher ratings based on cognitive testing and to identify factors associated with underrecognition by nurses.
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