Impact of a delirium screening tool and multifaceted education on nurses' knowledge of delirium and ability to evaluate it correctly

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gesin, Gail ^a   Russell, Brittany B ^a   Lin, Andrew P ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Evans, Susan L ^a   Devlin, John W ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHECKLIST; DELIRIUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84858044223     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2012605     Document Type: Article

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