A questionnaire to determine nurses' knowledge of delirium and its risk factors

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-31

  Hare, Malcolm ^a,b   Wynaden, Dianne ^b   McGowan, Sunita ^a,b   Landsborough, Ian ^b   Speed, Gaye ^a,b  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute confusion; Delirium; Education; Elder care; Nurse; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

DELIRIUM; HUMANS; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 58149144460     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.29.1.23     Document Type: Article

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