title: Ensuring a safe ICU stay for your confused elderly patient.
abstract: When elderly patients who are admitted to a Coronary Care Unit become confused, they not only become nursing management problems, they are also at increased risk of further injury and even death. Critical care nurses who are knowledgeable regarding assessing, preventing, and treating confusion can prevent complications for these vulnerable patients.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning