Delirium assessment and management : a qualitative study on aged-care nurses’ experiences
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Jauny, Ray
Parsons, John
Parsons, John
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2017-11-13
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Journal Article
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New Zealand
nursing
aged care
residential care
delirium
assessment
nursing
aged care
residential care
delirium
assessment
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Jauny, R. and Parsons, J. (2017). Delirium assessment and management: A qualitative study on aged-care nurses’ experiences .(Unitec ePress Occasional and Discussion Paper Series 2017/7). Unitec ePress. ISSN 2324-3635 Retrieved from http://www.unitec.ac.nz/epress
Abstract
Aged residential care (ARC) residents with morbid health conditions frequently experience delirium. This condition is associated with diminished quality of life, preventable morbidity and untimely death. It is challenging and costly to manage delirium because of the complex interplay of physical and psychiatric symptoms associated with this condition in both primary and secondary services. With awareness of risk factors and knowledge about delirium, ARC nurses can play a vital role in early identification, assessment and treatment, but most importantly in preventing delirium in aged-care residents as well as improving health outcomes
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Delirium assessment and management: A qualitative study on aged-care nurses’ experiences by Ray Jauny and John Parsons is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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