Nursing preventive measures against the incidence of delirium in hospitalized patients: A narrative review

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohammad Ali Heydari Gorji, Davood Adabi Firozjayi, Valiallah Habibi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences
Subjects:
cognitive impairment
delirium
nursing measures
preventive measures
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

Similar Items

Similar Items