Nurses' management of older patients with post-anesthesia delirium: A Q methodology approach
Nurses' management of older patients with post-anesthesia delirium: A Q methodology approach
- Kang, Minyeong Kim, Eun Young Chang, Sung Ok
- 한국노인간호학회
- 노인간호학회지
- 제24권 제4호
- 등재여부 : KCI등재
- 2022.11
- 454 - 463 (10 pages)
Purpose: This is an analysis of the experiences of nurses in Post Anesthesia Care Units (PACUs) in caring for older patients with emergence delirium using the Q-methodology. Methods: The Q-methodology, which is used to explore and understand human subjectivity, was applied. Thirty nurses who had experiences in providing nursing for delirium in older patients after surgery in a PACU participated in this study. Results: This study revealed three factors regarding the frame of reference of PACU nurses in detecting and managing older patients' emergence delirium: “detect the deviant changes leading to instability”, “focus on the patient’s degree of cognitive recovery within the framework of recovery time”, and “awareness of possible clues based on the patient’s underlying disease(s)”. Conclusion: These findings are expected to be utilized as a basis for more practical and accessible PACU nurse delirium education that reflects nurses’ subjective viewpoints explained by the three identified factors.
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