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KMID : 0806120060360071183
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대한간호학회지
2006 Volume.36 No. 7 p.1183 ~ p.1192
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A Preliminary Survey of Nurses’ Understanding of Delirium and Their Need for Delirium Education - In a University Hospital -)
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Park Young-Sook
Kim Keum-Soon
Song Kyung-Ja
Kang Ji-Yeon
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this survey was to investigate clinical nurses’’ understanding of delirium and their educational need of delirious patient care.
Method: A survey questionnaire regarding nurses’’ general perception and understanding of delirium, experience with delirious patients and educational need was developed and conducted with 179 clinical nurses in a university hospital in Seoul. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results: Nurses thought that delirium was one of the most important nursing problems and they considered it to be more treatable than to be preventable. However, the majority of nurses were ilot confident in caring for delirious patients. Nurses reported that delirium happened most often after surgery, and that possible contributing factors could be changes in physical environment and anxiety/stress, as well as medication and long-term isolation. Thirteen nursing interventions were identified but half of the nurses utilized only one or two of the thirteen. The most frequently used intervention was reorienting the patient followed by medication and emotional support, presenting family, and close observation. 99.5% of nurses addressed the importance of professional education on delirium care, especially in the area of intervention and management.
Conclusion: The results support the strong need for development of a multi-component educational program on delirium care.
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KEYWORD
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Delirium, Nursing, Education
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