Nursing Strategies for Acute Confusion in Elders

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 44-51

  Foreman, Marquis D ^a   Zane, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 1542637009     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-199604000-00034     Document Type: Article

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