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Postoperative Delirium Prevention in the Older Adult: An Evidence-Based Process Improvement Project Journal Article
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| Authors: | Layne, Tracy; Haas, Sheila A.; Davidson, Judy E.; Klopp, Audrey |
| Article Title: | Postoperative Delirium Prevention in the Older Adult: An Evidence-Based Process Improvement Project |
| Abstract: | Postoperative delirium is a major complication in hospitalized older adults. Implementation of a screening tool and evidence-based delirium-prevention protocol on a surgical unit increased nurses' knowledge regarding delirium, increased identification of delirium, and produced medical treatment alterations leading to positive patient outcomes. |
| Journal Title: | MEDSURG Nursing |
| Volume: | 24 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1092-0811 |
| Publisher: | Jannetti Publications, Inc |
| Journal Place: | Pitman, New Jersey |
| Date Published: | 2015 |
| Start Page: | 256 |
| End Page: | 263 8p |
| Language: | English |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | ID: 8201; ID: 109825722 |
