Nursing preventive measures against the incidence of delirium in hospitalized patients: A narrative review
Background and Purpose: Delirium is a clinical syndrome with cognitive disorder, which occurs within a short time in the admitted patients, specially the elderly. Regarding the fact that one third of the delirium incidences is preventable, applying nursing preventive measures is an issue of fundamen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.jnmsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2345-5756;year=2017;volume=4;issue=2;spage=58;epage=67;aulast=Heydari;type=0 |