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1. Certified Nursing Assistants' Perspectives on Delirium Care

Author

Sabbe, Kelly, Aerts, Naomi, van der Mast, Roos, and Van Rompaey, Bart

Subjects
Delirium -- Care and treatment, Nurses' aides -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Health, Seniors
Abstract

The current descriptive qualitative study provides an in-depth understanding of the perspectives of certified nursing assistants (CNAs, N = 7) regarding delirium. Data were collected through interviews with seven CNAs working in a long-term care facility. Five themes emerged: Knowledge About Delirium, Caring for Residents With Delirium, Delirium Education, Psychological Burden, and Quality of Care. CNAs' care of residents with delirium was based on prior experiences and gut feelings, indicating a high need for delirium training. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 49(2), 43–51.], Delirium, a common geriatric syndrome, is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, text revision (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2022) as disturbances in attention, consciousness, [...]

Published
2023
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2. Delirium superimposed on dementia: assessment and intervention

Author

Flanagan, Nina M. and Fick, Donna M.

Subjects
Dementia -- Care and treatment, Dementia -- Distribution, Delirium -- Risk factors, Delirium -- Diagnosis, Delirium -- Care and treatment, Delirium -- Demographic aspects, Company distribution practices, Health, Seniors
Published
2010

3. Delirium in older cardiac surgery patients: directions for practice

Author

Clarke, Sean P., McRae, Marion E., Del Signore, Sandra, Schubert, Maria, and Styra, Rima

Subjects
Delirium -- Diagnosis, Delirium -- Care and treatment, Delirium -- Prevention, Delirium -- Demographic aspects, Postoperative care -- Models, Heart -- Surgery, Heart -- Complications and side effects, Surgery -- Complications, Surgery -- Risk factors, Health, Seniors
Published
2010

7. Nurses' evaluation of the confusion assessment method: a pilot study

Author

Waszynski, Christine M. and Petrovic, Kimberly

Subjects
Delirium -- Diagnosis, Delirium -- Care and treatment, Nursing care -- Evaluation, Medical care -- Needs assessment, Medical care -- Methods, Needs assessment -- Methods, Geriatric nursing -- Practice, Health, Seniors
Published
2008

9. Acute confusion/delirium protocol

Author

Rapp, Carla Gene

Subjects
Delirium -- Care and treatment, Cognition disorders in old age -- Care and treatment, Health, Seniors
Published
2001

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