Situated clinical reasoning: Distinguishing acute confusion from dementia in hospitalized older adults

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-101

  McCarthy, Marianne ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute confusion; Aged; Clinical reasoning; Delirium; Dimensional analysis; Grounded theory

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; POPULATION; SENESCENCE; THEORY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING THEORY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0038690442     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10079     Document Type: Article

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