Postoperative Delirium Prevention in the Older Adult: An Evidence-Based Process Improvement Project

Tracy Layne; Sheila A Haas; Judy E Davidson; Audrey Klopp

Postoperative Delirium Prevention in the Older Adult: An Evidence-Based Process Improvement Project

Tracy Layne, Sheila A Haas, Judy E Davidson, Audrey Klopp

Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing

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Abstract

Postoperative delirium is a major complication in hospitalized older adults. Implementation of a screening tool and evidence-based delirium-prevention protocol on a surgical unit increased nurses’ knowledge regarding delirium, increased identification of delirium, and produced medical treatment alterations leading to positive patient outcomes.

Original language	American English
Journal	Nursing: School of Nursing Faculty Publications and Other Works
Volume	24
Issue number	4
State	Published - Jul 1 2015

Keywords

postoperative delirium
prevention
evidence-based

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Nursing

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Postoperative Delirium Prevention in the Older Adult: An Evidence-Based Process Improvement Project

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