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Nurses' Knowledge Of Delirium In The Icu, Sara Hancock
Nurses' Knowledge Of Delirium In The Icu, Sara Hancock
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Abstract
Background: Delirium costs the healthcare system $38 to $152 billion dollars annually. Nurses have a unique opportunity as healthcare providers to assess for and identify delirium, but often fail to recognize delirium.
Purpose: The purpose of this DNP project was to determine the effect of implementing an educational intervention regarding delirium risk factors, symptoms, prevention strategies, and treatments, on the knowledge of nurses working in an intensive care unit.
Methods: This DNP project used a quasi-experimental pre-test post-test design. Participants completed a pre-test (Appendix A), an educational intervention (Appendix C & D), and a post-test (Appendix B). Pre-test …
Evaluation Outcomes Of Delirium And Abrupt Discontinuation Of Psychiatric Medications Of The Adult Acute Care Patient, Latoya Lee
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PURPOSE: Delirium remains a common consequence of critical illness and is known to cause negative patient outcomes during an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Hence, the purpose of this project is to evaluate the outcomes of patients taking psychiatric medications whose medications are abruptly discontinued upon admission to an ICU. Specifically, the outcomes of interest will be altered mental status, length of hospital stay, restraint use and mortality.
METHODS: A correlational analysis using a retrospective chart audit was conducted on 602 patients admitted to the Neurological/ Neurosurgical ICUs at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital from January 2015 to December …