Journal article
Application of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pain, Agitation, and Delirium
Critical care nursing clinics of North America, Vol.28(2), pp.241-252
06/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2016.02.001
PMID: 27215361
Abstract
Critically ill patients experience several severe, distressing, and often life-altering symptoms during their intensive care unit stay. A clinical practice guideline released by the American College of Critical Care Medicine provides a template for improving the care and outcomes of the critically ill through evidence-based pain, agitation, and delirium assessment, prevention, and management. Key strategies include the use of valid and reliable assessment tools, setting a desired sedation level target, a focus on light sedation, choosing appropriate sedative medications, the use of nonpharmacologic symptom management strategies, and engaging and empowering patients and their family to play an active role in their intensive care unit care.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Application of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pain, Agitation, and Delirium
- Creators
- Anna Krupp - UW Health University HospitalMichele C Balas - The Ohio State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Critical care nursing clinics of North America, Vol.28(2), pp.241-252
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cnc.2016.02.001
- PMID
- 27215361
- ISSN
- 0899-5885
- eISSN
- 1558-3481
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2016
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370640002771
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