title: Comforting a confused patient.
authors.affiliation: Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Ridgewiew Medical Center, Waconia, Minn., USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hilgers
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications; D003142:Communication; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014110:Touch