Jordanian Intensive Care Unit Nurses’ Knowledge of Delirium Recognition
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Jordanian Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Knowledge of Delirium Recognition.
INTRODUCTION Delirium is a clinical syndrome that negatively affects the outcomes of the intensive care units patients if undetected early and treated well. However, this condition remains under recognized and poorly managed by health care providers including nurses. The objective of this study was to check nurses' knowledge level about delirium recognition. MATERIALS & METHODS This was a cro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Journal of Health Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1916-9744,1916-9736
DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v9n4p182