TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional Status Outcomes of a Nursing Intervention in Hospitalized Elderly
AU - Wanich, Christine K.
AU - Sullivan‐Marx, Eileen M.
AU - Gottlieb, Gary L.
AU - Johnson, Jerry C.
PY - 1992/9
Y1 - 1992/9
N2 - This paper examines the effectiveness of a nursing intervention for elderly hospitalized patients (N=235) as measured by functional outcomes. A nursing intervention targeted at factors which influence acute confusion or delirium employed strategies to educate nursing staff, mobilize patients, monitor medication and make environmental and sensory modifications. Subjects who received the intervention were more likely to improve in functional status from admission to discharge than subjects who did not receive the intervention.
AB - This paper examines the effectiveness of a nursing intervention for elderly hospitalized patients (N=235) as measured by functional outcomes. A nursing intervention targeted at factors which influence acute confusion or delirium employed strategies to educate nursing staff, mobilize patients, monitor medication and make environmental and sensory modifications. Subjects who received the intervention were more likely to improve in functional status from admission to discharge than subjects who did not receive the intervention.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00719.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00719.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 1521848
AN - SCOPUS:0026918261
SN - 0743-5150
VL - 24
SP - 201
EP - 208
JO - Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship
JF - Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship
IS - 3
ER -