Early Identification of Delirium in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Improving the Quality of Care | Zendy

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Early Identification of Delirium in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Improving the Quality of Care

Author(s) -

Jessica Spiegelberg,

Huaxin Song,

Brenda T. Pun,

Paula Webb,

Leanne M. Boehm

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

critical care nurse

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.342

H-Index - 44

eISSN - 1940-8250

pISSN - 0279-5442

DOI - 10.4037/ccn2020706

Subject(s) - delirium , medicine , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , intervention (counseling) , observational study , sedative , risk assessment , intensive care , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , nursing , computer security , computer science

The variation of high-risk medication use was significantly controlled with the implementation of CAM-ICU and education. Nurses felt that hands-on training with the CAM-ICU increased their comfort in identifying patients at risk for delirium. Future work will focus on assessment accuracy.

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