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KMID : 1128620080120010033
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Cung-Ang Journal of Nursing
2008 Volume.12 No. 1 p.33 ~ p.40
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Nurses’ Perception, Experience and Educational Need Related to Delirium
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Kim Sun-Man
Kim Ji-Yeon
Park Ji-Young
Sim Jung-Mee
Moon Mi-Hwa
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate clinical nurses’ perception and experience of delirium and their educational need of delirious patient care.
Method: A research questionnaire regarding nurses’ perception of delirium, experience with delirious patients and educational need was developed and conducted with 110 clinical nurses in a university hospital in Seoul. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results: Nurses reported that delirium happened the most often when patients had neuropsychiatric clinical problems, and that possible contributing factors could be physiological factors including alcohol withdrawal and drugs. Nurses thought that delirium was one of the most important nursing problems and they considered it to be more treatable than to be preventable. Twelve nursing interventions were identified but half of the nurse utilized only one, two or three of the twelve. The most frequently used intervention was medication and restraints. And it showed the tendency that interventions focused on controling behaviors was applied more than supportive nursing interventions. 90.9% of nurses addressed the importance of 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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