Delirium Management Quality Improvement Project to Improve Awareness and Screening in a Medical ICU.
Background/Objectives: Although delirium is common during critical illness, standard-of-care detection and prevention practices in real-world intensive care unit (ICU) settings remain inconsistent, often due to a lack of provider education. Despite availability for over 20 years of validated deliriu...
| Publicado en: | Nursing Reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 6 - 18 |
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Jan2025
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