title: Management of acute delirium in hospitalized elderly: a process improvement project.
abstract: This article will describe a systematic practical approach that was developed to evaluate and manage one of the most dangerous and costly geriatric emergencies in our nation-delirium in hospitalized frail elders. The article is about nurses and physicians who worked together in a continuous quality improvement process to find a collaborative method to reduce the occurrence, severity, duration, and devastating outcomes of acute delirium.
authors.affiliation: North Iowa Mercy Health Center, Mason City, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jewell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brokel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003693:Delirium / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors