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Nursing Perceptions and Workload Impact of a Standardized Emergence Delirium Assessment Scale in a Postanesthesia Care Unit.

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Woelfel, JM; Vacchiano, CA; West, C; Titch, JF
Published in: Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
August 2019

Emergence delirium (EDL) is a psychomotor behavioral phenomenon that occurs immediately after emergence from general anesthesia. EDL is nearly 1.5 times more common among military than nonmilitary patients. Indirect delirium scales have precluded understanding of EDL in military patients. This quality improvement project assesses the feasibility of adopting a population-specific scale, the Emergence Delirium in the Wounded Warrior (ED-WW) Tool.Pre-post implementation design.Postanesthesia care unit (PACU) nurses were surveyed on the clinical utility of the ED-WW Tool and its impact on their workload. The incidence of EDL behaviors in a Veterans Administration PACU was also recorded using the ED-WW Tool.PACU nurses agreed the ED-WW Tool was of clinical value to military patients and had a very low workload impact. Twenty-one percent of patients demonstrated at least one behavior associated with EDL.ED-WW Tool adoption is clinically feasible and recommended for practice.

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Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

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EISSN

1532-8473

ISSN

1089-9472

Publication Date

August 2019

Volume

34

Issue

4

Start / End Page

729 / 738

Related Subject Headings

  • Workload
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Risk Factors
  • Reference Standards
  • Quality Improvement
  • Postanesthesia Nursing
  • Perception
  • Nursing
  • Nurses
  • Incidence
 

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Woelfel, J. M., Vacchiano, C. A., West, C., & Titch, J. F. (2019). Nursing Perceptions and Workload Impact of a Standardized Emergence Delirium Assessment Scale in a Postanesthesia Care Unit. Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, 34(4), 729–738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2018.11.005
Woelfel, Jennifer M., Charles A. Vacchiano, Carolee West, and J Frank Titch. “Nursing Perceptions and Workload Impact of a Standardized Emergence Delirium Assessment Scale in a Postanesthesia Care Unit.Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses 34, no. 4 (August 2019): 729–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2018.11.005.
Woelfel JM, Vacchiano CA, West C, Titch JF. Nursing Perceptions and Workload Impact of a Standardized Emergence Delirium Assessment Scale in a Postanesthesia Care Unit. Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. 2019 Aug;34(4):729–38.
Woelfel, Jennifer M., et al. “Nursing Perceptions and Workload Impact of a Standardized Emergence Delirium Assessment Scale in a Postanesthesia Care Unit.Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, vol. 34, no. 4, Aug. 2019, pp. 729–38. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2018.11.005.
Woelfel JM, Vacchiano CA, West C, Titch JF. Nursing Perceptions and Workload Impact of a Standardized Emergence Delirium Assessment Scale in a Postanesthesia Care Unit. Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. 2019 Aug;34(4):729–738.
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Published In

Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

DOI

EISSN

1532-8473

ISSN

1089-9472

Publication Date

August 2019

Volume

34

Issue

4

Start / End Page

729 / 738

Related Subject Headings

  • Workload
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Risk Factors
  • Reference Standards
  • Quality Improvement
  • Postanesthesia Nursing
  • Perception
  • Nursing
  • Nurses
  • Incidence