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RESEARCH PAPER Agitated older patients: Nurses’ perceptions and reality.
- Source :
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International Journal of Nursing Practice (Wiley-Blackwell) . Oct2003, Vol. 9 Issue 5, p306. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Management of agitation is an increasingly common duty in the nursing care of older patients. Agitation describes a range of behavioural symptoms including aggressiveness and hyperactivity, and can be a sign of severe illness. In a series of focus groups in a large teaching hospital, nurses’ feelings and actions in regard to nursing agitated older people were recorded and analysed. The results demonstrated that agitation is not well understood and is often not well-managed. Despite recent efforts to provide more supportive staffing structures, nurses felt particularly stressed and unsupported in relation to this phenomenon. Recommendations are made for the instigation of enhanced education programmes as well as ongoing attention to improved workload initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NURSING
*HUMAN behavior
*NURSES
*MEDICAL care
*PATIENTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13227114
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Nursing Practice (Wiley-Blackwell)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11017521
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-172X.2003.00435.x