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Promoting Sleep To Decrease Delirium, Stephanie Mayne

MSN Capstone Projects

Delirium is potent risk factor for complications, an increase length of stay, and mortality. Hospital acquired delirium is a prevalent and serious health condition that can occur in patients, especially the older adult population, when admitted to the hospital. It has the ability to be prevented if properly addressed and interventions are set in place to help reduce the occurrence of hospital acquired delirium. Many factors can contribute to the development of delirium, including a disruption of one’s circadian rhythm. Sleep is not always a high priority in the hospital, therefore there are little interventions and goals aimed at improving …

Deterring Delirium In The Intensive Care Unit, Kimberly Allen

MSN Capstone Projects

There is growing concern about the increase in cases of delirium associated with a critical care hospitalization encounter. Discovery of different types of research that can eliminate or at least minimize occurrences of delirium including early recognition, eye masks and earplug usage, and environmental changes have show promise in reducing the risk of ICU delirium.

Effect Of Blue Light On Sleep & Delirium In The Intensive Care Unit, Hunter Montgomery

MSN Capstone Projects

Intensive care units (ICU) across the country are plagued with a silent morbidity that increases monetary costs, patient stay, and nursing retention known as delirium. Delirium can drive up all three of these factors creating an unnecessary burden on hospital and community resources. In response to the silent crisis, a delirium prevention bundle was created to alleviate the burdens that ICU delirium can put on a hospital.

Reviewing implementation strategies showed that employees needed extensive training on recognizing the different types of delirium including hyperactive, mixed, and hypoactive delirium. It was determined that for the delirium bundle to be successful …

Earplugs For Intensive Care Unit Delirium Prevention: Impact Of An Evidence-Based Intervention On Patient Outcomes, Morgan P. Click

MSN Capstone Projects

Delirium is characterized by the abrupt onset of significant confusion that may cause the patient to become agitated, aggressive, unable to focus, and sometimes hallucinate. Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is a large area of focus for current research to help understand the causes, preventative measures, and potential treatments. This problem isn’t only faced in the hospital setting, but can affect patients long after discharge. The PICOT question guiding this benchmark project stated: In adult ICU patients (P), how does the use of earplugs (I) compared to the use of no earplugs (C) affect the patient’s future risk of ICU …