Improving the Validity of Nurse-Based Delirium Screening: A Head-to-Head Comparison of Nursing Delirium-Screening Scale and Short Confusion Assessment Method

As part of a multicomponent delirium prevention protocol the Confusion Assessment Method (Short-CAM) was introduced to nursing as the standard delirium screening instrument on the general medical units. Despite significant educational efforts, quality monitoring revealed poor sensitivity with the us...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychosomatics (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2019-03, Vol.60 (2), p.172-178
Hauptverfasser:	Heinrich, Thomas W., Kato, Hirotaka, Emanuel, Christopher, Denson, Steven
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CAM delirium Delirium - diagnosis Delirium - nursing Female Humans Male Nu-DESC Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Quality Improvement Reproducibility of Results screening Sensitivity and Specificity validity
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