A review: Nursing of intensive care unit delirium

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 307-316

  Fan, Yuying ^a   Guo, Ying ^a   Li, Qiujie ^a   Zhu, Xuemei ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Delirium; ICU; ICU psychosis; Nursing; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

DELIRIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

DELIRIUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873635633     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: 19452810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e3182682f7f     Document Type: Review

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