Develop a Strategy to Identify and Treat Older Patients With Postoperative.With Postoperative Delirium PAULA BROOKS, DNP, RN, FNP-BC; JEFFREY J. SPILLANE, MD, FACS; KAREN DICK, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FAANP; EILEEN STUART-SHOR, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FAAN 3.5
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Purpose/Goal To provide the learner with knowledge specific to assessing
elderly patients for preoperative cognitive status, risk of
postoperative delirium, and the presence of postoperative
delirium after surgery and for instituting treatment measures if
delirium is identified.
Objectives
1. Define postoperative delirium.
2. Describe the manifestations of postoperative delirium.
3. Describe the risk factors for postoperative delirium.
4. Identify assessment tools that help nurses screen patients
for postoperative delirium.
5. Discuss options for treating postoperative delirium.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures Paula Brooks, DNP, RN, FNP-BC; Jeffrey J. Spillane, MD,
FACS; Karen Dick, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FAANP; and Eileen
Stuart-Shor, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FAAN, have no
declared affiliations that could be perceived as posing potential
conflicts of interest in the publication of this article.
The behavioral objectives for this program were created
by Helen Starbuck Pashley, MA, BSN, CNOR, clinical
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