Background: Achieving sustainable practice changes to ensure best-practice nursing care in acute hospital environments can be challenging and is not well understood. A multi-faceted practice change intervention was implemented in a large Australian hospital to enhance the capacity of the nursing workforce to provide quality care for older patients with cognitive impairment (CI). Methods: Thirty-four experienced Registered Nurses (RNs) became Cognition Champions (CogChamps), and led practice-change initiatives to improve nursing care for older patients (≥65 years) on six wards in one hospital. The CogChamps received comprehensive education about dementia and the identification, prevention, and management of delirium. Over five months, they w...
AIM: This project\u27s purpose was to promote and sustain a practice change focusing on delirium uti...
In November 2014, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) released “...
Background: Delirium, an acute decline in cognition and attention, is a common and severe problem fo...
Background: Achieving sustainable practice changes to ensure best-practice nursing care in acute hos...
Abstract Background Achieving sustainable practice changes to ensure best-practice nursing care in a...
Background: Delirium and dementia (cognitive impairment; CI), are common in older hospital patients,...
Background: Delirium and dementia (cognitive impairment; CI), are common in older hospital patients,...
Background Delirium and dementia (cognitive impairment; CI), are common in older hospital patients, ...
BACKGROUND: Although cognitive impairment including dementia and delirium is common in older hospita...
Background Although cognitive impairment including dementia and delirium is common in older hospital...
Background Although cognitive impairment including dementia and delirium is common in older hospital...
Abstract BACKGROUND: Nursing leadership identified that Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and Regi...
Delirium, recognized as a medical and psychological emergency, is a symptom of an acute medical cond...
Purpose: The patient-centred management of people with cognitive impairment admitted to acute health...
Introduction: Delirium is a serious issue associated with high morbidity and mortality in older hosp...
AIM: This project\u27s purpose was to promote and sustain a practice change focusing on delirium uti...
In November 2014, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) released “...
Background: Delirium, an acute decline in cognition and attention, is a common and severe problem fo...
Background: Achieving sustainable practice changes to ensure best-practice nursing care in acute hos...
Abstract Background Achieving sustainable practice changes to ensure best-practice nursing care in a...
Background: Delirium and dementia (cognitive impairment; CI), are common in older hospital patients,...
Background: Delirium and dementia (cognitive impairment; CI), are common in older hospital patients,...
Background Delirium and dementia (cognitive impairment; CI), are common in older hospital patients, ...
BACKGROUND: Although cognitive impairment including dementia and delirium is common in older hospita...
Background Although cognitive impairment including dementia and delirium is common in older hospital...
Background Although cognitive impairment including dementia and delirium is common in older hospital...
Abstract BACKGROUND: Nursing leadership identified that Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and Regi...
Delirium, recognized as a medical and psychological emergency, is a symptom of an acute medical cond...
Purpose: The patient-centred management of people with cognitive impairment admitted to acute health...
Introduction: Delirium is a serious issue associated with high morbidity and mortality in older hosp...
AIM: This project\u27s purpose was to promote and sustain a practice change focusing on delirium uti...
In November 2014, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) released “...
Background: Delirium, an acute decline in cognition and attention, is a common and severe problem fo...