Nursing 4400A/B Lecture 8: Week 8 Reading Notes
16 Dec 2015
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Rnao practice recommendations for caring for elderly with ddd: 1. 1 nurses should maintain a high index of suspicion for the prevention, early recognition and urgent treatment of delirium to support positive outcomes. 1. 2 nurses should use the diagnostic criteria from the diagnostic and statistical. Manual (dsm) iv-r to assess for delirium, and document mental status observations of hypoactive and hyperactive delirium. 1. 3 nurses should initiate standardized screening methods to identify risk factors for delirium on initial and ongoing assessments. 1. 4 nurses have a role in prevention of delirium and should target prevention efforts to the client s individual risk factors. 1. 5 in order to target the individual root causes of delirium, nurses working with other disciplines must select and record multicomponent care strategies and implement them simultaneously to prevent delirium. 1. 5. 1 consultation/referral nurses should initiate prompt consultation to specialized services.
