A quality improvement project to prevent, detect, and reduce delirium in an acute setting

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 24-32

  Foster, Noellene M ^a   Waldron, Nicholas G H D ^a   Donaldson, Mark ^a   Margaria, Helen ^a   Mcfaull, Andrea ^a   Hill, Anne Marie ^b   Beer, Christopher D ^c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Delirium; Rummage boxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650704465     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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