title: Hearing loss in older critical care patients: participation in decision making.
abstract: Older adults with hearing loss who receive care in the noisy environment of a critical care unit can be disadvantaged in their ability to understand speech, thus limiting their participation in decision making. Providing optimal outcomes for such patients can be understood through use of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Synergy Model. When older adults are admitted to a critical care unit, their spouses, children, and friends are in positions to participate in the patients' care. The AACN Synergy Model patient characteristic of participation in care is useful in enhancing optimal outcomes for older patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. srhardin@uncc.edu
authors.forename: Sonya R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hardin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D064648:Critical Care Nursing / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011786:Quality Control; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome