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How can nurses spot and manage delirium?

Neal Scott Aplin Advanced clinical practitioner, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Older Persons Care, Swindon, England

Emergency department nurses need to be able to recognise and effectively manage delirium

Emergency nurses can play a pivotal role in identifying and managing patients with delirium. People presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with delirium will often be older and frail, with co-morbidities, such as dementia.

Emergency Nurse. 31, 3, 18-18. doi: 10.7748/en.31.3.18.s8

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02 May 2023 / Vol 31 issue 3

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