Improving the Accuracy of Delirium Assessments in Neuroscience Patients

Delirium affects up to 80% of critically ill patients; however, many cases of delirium go unrecognized because of inaccurate assessments. The effectiveness of interventions to improve assessment accuracy among the general population has been established, but assessments among neuroscience patients are uniquely complicated due to the presence of structural neurologic changes.The purposes of this quality improvement project were to improve the...