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Identifying The Barriers And Enablers To Pallative Care Nurses' Recognition And Assessment Of Delirium Symptoms: A Qualitative Study, Annmarie Hosie, M Agar, Elizabeth A. Lobb, P M. Davidson, Jane Phillips
Identifying The Barriers And Enablers To Pallative Care Nurses' Recognition And Assessment Of Delirium Symptoms: A Qualitative Study, Annmarie Hosie, M Agar, Elizabeth A. Lobb, P M. Davidson, Jane Phillips
Nursing Papers and Journal Articles
Context: Delirium is under-recognised by nurses, including those working in palliative care settings where the syndrome occurs frequently. Identifying contextual factors that support and/or hinder palliative care nurses’ delirium recognition and assessment capabilities is crucial, to inform development of clinical practice and systems aimed at improving patients’ delirium outcomes.
Objective: To identify nurses’ perceptions of the barriers and enablers to recognising and assessing delirium symptoms in palliative care inpatient settings.
Methods: A series of semi-structured interviews, guided by critical incident technique, were conducted with nurses working in Australian palliative care inpatient settings. A hypoactive delirium vignette prompted participants’ recall of …
Do Palliative Care Health Professionals Settle For Low Level Evidence?, R J. Chan, Jane Phillips, D C. Currow
Do Palliative Care Health Professionals Settle For Low Level Evidence?, R J. Chan, Jane Phillips, D C. Currow
Nursing Papers and Journal Articles
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End-Of-Life Delirium: Issues Regarding Recognition, Optimal Management And The Role Of Sedation In The Dying Phase., S H. Bush, M M. Leonard, M Agar, J A. Spiller, Annmarie Hosie, D Wright, D J. Meagher, D C. Currow, E Bruera, P G. Lawlor
End-Of-Life Delirium: Issues Regarding Recognition, Optimal Management And The Role Of Sedation In The Dying Phase., S H. Bush, M M. Leonard, M Agar, J A. Spiller, Annmarie Hosie, D Wright, D J. Meagher, D C. Currow, E Bruera, P G. Lawlor
Nursing Papers and Journal Articles
CONTEXT:
In end-of-life care, delirium is often not recognized and poses unique management challenges, especially in the case of refractory delirium in the terminal phase.
OBJECTIVES:
To review: delirium in the terminal phase context, specifically in relation to recognition issues; the decision-making processes and management strategies regarding its reversibility; the potential refractoriness of delirium to symptomatic treatment; and the role of sedation in refractory delirium.
METHODS:
We combined multidisciplinary input from delirium researchers and knowledge users at an international delirium study planning meeting and relevant electronic database literature searches (Ovid Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL) to inform this narrative review. …