Open AccessNursing Care for Hospitalized Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment
Author(s) -
Tamara Gonçalves Rezende Macieira,
Yingwei Yao,
Madison B. Smith,
Jiang Bian,
Diana J. Wilkie,
Gail M. Keenan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1538-9847
pISSN - 0029-6562
DOI - 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000402
Subject(s) - minimum data set , medicine , cognition , nursing care , population , health care , gerontology , nursing , nursing homes , psychiatry , environmental health , economics , economic growth
The presence of cognitive impairment (CI) among hospitalized older adults (aged 85 years and older) could interfere with the identification and treatment of other important symptoms experienced by these patients. Little is known, however, about the nursing care provided to this group. Contrasting the nursing care provided to patients with and without CI may reveal important insights about symptom treatment in the CI population.