Limitations and practicalities of CAM-ICU implementation, a delirium scoring system, in a Dutch intensive care unit

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 242-249

  Riekerk, Bea ^a   Pen, Evert Jan ^a   Hofhuis, José G M ^a   Rommes, Johannes H ^a   Schultz, Marcus J ^b,c   Spronk, Peter E ^a,b,c  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CAM ICU; Critical care medicine; Delirium; ICU; Implementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DELIRIUM; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DELIRIUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 69949118814     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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