Develop a Strategy to Identify and Treat Older Patients With Postoperative.With Postoperative Delirium PAULA BROOKS, DNP, RN, FNP-BC; JEFFREY J. SPILLANE, MD, FACS; KAREN DICK, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FAANP; EILEEN STUART-SHOR, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FAAN 3.5

Develop a Strategy to Identify and Treat Older Patients With Postoperative.With Postoperative Delirium PAULA BROOKS, DNP, RN, FNP-BC; JEFFREY J. SPILLANE, MD, FACS; KAREN DICK, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FAANP; EILEEN STUART-SHOR, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FAAN 3.5

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Purpose/Goal To provide the learner with knowledge specific to assessing

elderly patients for preoperative cognitive status, risk of

postoperative delirium, and the presence of postoperative

delirium after surgery and for instituting treatment measures if

delirium is identified.

Objectives

1. Define postoperative delirium.

2. Describe the manifestations of postoperative delirium.

3. Describe the risk factors for postoperative delirium.

4. Identify assessment tools that help nurses screen patients

for postoperative delirium.

5. Discuss options for treating postoperative delirium.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures Paula Brooks, DNP, RN, FNP-BC; Jeffrey J. Spillane, MD,

FACS; Karen Dick, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FAANP; and Eileen

Stuart-Shor, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FAAN, have no

declared affiliations that could be perceived as posing potential

conflicts of interest in the publication of this article.

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