Nursing Care for Hospitalized Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The presence of cognitive impairment (CI) among hospitalized older adults (aged 85 years and older) could interfere with the identification and treatment of other important symptoms experienced by these patients. Little is known, however, about the nursing care provided to this group. Contrasting the nursing care provided to patients with and without CI may reveal important insights about symptom treatment in the CI population.

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of CI to nursing care provided and length of stay for hospitalized older adults using standardized nursing data retrieved from electronic health records.

Methods

We conducted a comparative secondary data analysis. A data set of standardized nursing plan of care data retr

SUBMITTER: Macieira TGR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050380 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature