GAPNA Conference Coverage: Preventing Delirium

GAPNA Conference Coverage: Nurse-Led Program Helped Prevent Delirium

Clinical Advisor reported from the 2021 GAPNA Annual Conference and covered this key session on a nurse-led program that helped decrease new cases of delirium in older adults, presented by Dr. Rebecca Spear.

"Implementation of a nurse-led education and delirium prevention program lead to a decrease in cases of new-onset delirium during post-acute rehabilitation stays at a skilled nursing facility, according to a quality improvement project reported at the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Annual Hybrid Conference held September 30 to October 2, 2021."

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