Factors Influencing the Implementation of a Point-of-Care Screening Tool for Delirium

Authors

Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Julie Becker, PhD, MPH, Evaluation Consultant, Philadelphia
Rickie Brawer, MPH, PhD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Christopher N. Sciamanna, MD, MPH, Penn State College of MedicineFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2011

Comments

Published in MEDSURG Nursing, November-December 2011, Volume 20, No.6, pp.318-322.

Abstract

Given the ample evidence delirium in hospitalized older adults is under diagnosed and not recognized by nurses up to 85% of the time, interventions are needed at the point of care to assist nurses in recognizing delirium. In this qualitative study, factors that might influence the implementation of a point-of-care screening tool for delirium were examined.

Recommended Citation

Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Beth Ann; Becker, PhD, MPH, Julie; Brawer, MPH, PhD, Rickie; and Sciamanna, MD, MPH, Christopher N., "Factors Influencing the Implementation of a Point-of-Care Screening Tool for Delirium" (2011). College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations. Paper 49.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/nursfp/49