An exploratory study of staff nurses’ knowledge of delirium in the medical ICU: An Asian perspective

An observational study of community health care nurses’ knowledge about delirium

“…9 Recent studies among frontline hospital nurses showed that they were failing to detect delirium, specifically when it manifested as hypoactive delirium. 10,11 Approximately 76% of people living in their homes and supported by community health care services (CHSs) are ³65 years old. Half of them are suffering from multimorbidity and GSs made up of physical, mental and/ or cognitive disorders.…”

Evaluating the Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Unit (CAMICU)Tool: A Comprehensive Literature Review

“…Research recommends that nurses, as primary care providers, should be assessing each ICU patient for delirium at least once per shift or every 8-12 hours [19]. However, in an exploratory study of staff nurses' knowledge of delirium in the medical ICU, Christensen in 2013 identified that majority of nurses viewed the delirium screening tool [30], CAM-ICU, as a task to be completed rather than a tool that is of great benefit to the patient. Additionally, nurses involved in this particular study viewed the delirium screening tool as being both complicated and problematic to utilize as a result of time constraints related to an increased workload.…”

“…Multiple studies [6,30,32] have identified a lack of time as a barrier to nurses using the delirium-screening tool in practice. A number of studies have found that nurses view the tool as simply another task to be completed, not as important or as valuable as other tasks that ICU nurses are responsible for.…”

Evaluating the Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Unit (CAMICU)Tool: A Comprehensive Literature Review

“…However, in saying this, there is still a difference in the way of health care delivery in the clinical environment is delivered; for example, the role of the nurse in clinical decision-making may differ from culture to culture. Greater value may be placed on a nurse's assessment findings in one culture as compared to the next, therefore, it is imperative to know what is being studied and practiced in specific cultures in order to effectively assess and manage delirium in a cultural context [30].…”