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Acute Confusion Case Study Felicia Dreesmann California State University, Chico

Acute Confusion Case Study Felicia Dreesmann California State University, Chico. Patient Presentation. Wheezing. Shortness of breath . Treatment. Intravenous Solumedrol with change to oral Prednisone with tapering schedule. Acute Confusion. Disoriented. Hallucinations.

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Acute Confusion Case Study Felicia Dreesmann California State University, Chico

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  1. Acute Confusion Case Study Felicia Dreesmann California State University, Chico

  2. Patient Presentation Wheezing Shortness of breath Treatment Intravenous Solumedrol with change to oral Prednisone with tapering schedule Acute Confusion Disoriented Hallucinations

  3. Intravenous Solumedrol with longer weaning schedule Confusion resolved

  4. Conceptual Model Precipitating Factors/ Insults Predisposing Factors/ Vulnerability

  5. PRECIPITATING AND PREDISPOSING FACTORS

  6. OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER WITH BOB

  7. Did Bob have environmental risks for acute confusion?

  8. Did Bob have personal risks for acute confusion?

  9. Developmental Risks What developmental risks did Bob have?

  10. Corticosteroids and Acute Confusion : Taking a Closer Look Mechanisms (Warrington & Bostwick, 2006)

  11. Mechanisms Aging Process and Acute Confusion: Taking a Closer Look

  12. Cultural, Family, and Social Impacts of Acute Confusion

  13. What does this mean for Bob?

  14. TOOLS USED FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF DELIRIUM

  15. RELATED PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES

  16. CLINICAL MANAGEMENT Nurse assessment

  17. CLINICAL MANAGEMENT CONTINUED Assessment considerations Nursing interventions

  18. Pharmacological Therapy for delirium

  19. M A N I F E S T A T I O N S

  20. Surveillance

  21. PATHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES Full recovery Increased rates of injury Increased cost Outcomes of acute confusion/delirium Physiological stress Functional decline Longer hospital length of stay Increased falls Death Institutionalization

  22. Latest Research

  23. To learn more about HELP click on UTUBE below

  24. Research, Music and Acute Confusion MUSIC LISTENING: ITS EFFECTS IN CREATING A HEALING ENVIROMENT FOR THE CONFUSED PATIENT

  25. Gaps in Research

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