The care of older people with a delirium in acute care settings
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The care of older people with a delirium in acute care settings

Irene Schofield Research Fellow in Gerontological Nursing, Glasgow Caledonian University
Jan Dewing Senior Fellow Dementia Care, Royal College of Nursing Gerontological Nursing Programme

This article suggests that nurses should play a major part in the screening, assessment and management of delirium in older people in acute settings

Nursing Older People. 13, 1, 21-26. doi: 10.7748/nop2001.03.13.1.21.c2167

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