Nurses' Perceptions & Practices towards Delirium in the Intensive Care Units
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Intensive care units are known to be the treatment area reserved for patients who require state- ofthe-art care by health care professionals to treat life-threatening illnesses and diseases. This vulnerable population is at high risk for developing delirium, which has been shown to be one of the most common complications of ICU hospitalization, affecting 60% to 80% of patients. To date, several studies have demonstrated that delirium is associated with increased mortality as well as increased hospital length of stay and costs. Aim: Assess the nurses' practices and perceptions toward Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit at King Fahd Hospital University of Dammam. Research Design: A descriptive design was used to conduct the current study. Setting: The study was conducted at King Fahad Hospital of University, in Intensive Care Units, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit & Coronary Care Unit. Population: registered nurses. Research Tool: Tool used to collect the data was questionnaire, divided to three parts. Result: Study showed that no respondents ranked delirium assessment as the most important item to assess delirium and they ranked it as fourth priority out of five items. In addition, more than half of the studied nurses70.6% revealed the only tool used in ICUs to assess the patients for delirium was the sedation protocol and they reported the unavailability of other reliable, specific, and validated delirium tools mentioned in the questionnaire such as. This could be a leading cause of low frequency of delirium assessment among the studied sample as a three quarter of the studied nurses.75% was never assessed delirium, while 12% rarely assessed the patients for delirium. Conclusion: It can be concluded that delirium is a problem that requires active interventions in the part of care givers, more than half of the sample found the delirium is an underdiagnosed problem.
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Khadija Lafi, Dr. Amina Hemida Salem
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