Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Nursing management is crucial in the hospital setting- 1CH

Course overview

Audience: This course is for all nurses who provide care for older adults in a hospital or institutional setting. Course Overview: Hospital settings can become overwhelming to older adults. Being out of their familiar environment can lead to disorientation, confusion, and other cognitive changes. This course helps the nurse to differentiate between various situations and provides intervention and monitoring strategies. Learning Objectives: After reading this article, the learner will be able to: -Differentiate between dementia and delirium, and understand appropriate screening tools for cognitive impairment. -Describe nonpharmacologic interventions to manage challenging behaviors in cognitively impaired older adults in the acute care setting. -Explain how to manage safety in the confused older adult while providing restraint-free care.