#160: Caring for Patients with Delirium

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Straight A Nursing

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🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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A situation you’ll need to be able to differentiate (in both clinical and on exams) is delirium vs dementia and how to care for those patients. We’ll talk about the nursing care of patients with dementia another time and focus on caring for patients with delirium in this episode. Key topics covered: * Delirium vs dementia * How to recognize delirium in your patient * Complications of delirium * Interventions for delirium For text and references: https://straightanursingstudent.com/delirium-101/ Is sitting at your desk staring at your books and computer getting you down? Then head on over to Study Sesh, the private podcast that frees you from your desk and enables you to learn while getting on with your life! https://straightanursingstudent.com/study-sesh/ __________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi it's Nurse Mo and I've got a question for you. Would you ever dream of running a marathon without training first?
0:07.7	Of course not. Which is why I'm always so surprised when students don't even really think about doing anything to prepare for nursing school because honestly
0:16.7	nursing school is a lot like a marathon though actually it feels more like a really long
0:22.1	Sprint and if you show up on your first day without Actually, it feels more like a really long sprint.
0:23.0	And if you show up on your first day
0:24.6	without doing anything to get ready,
0:26.9	I'm not gonna lie, it's gonna hurt a bit.
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0:49.8	com forward slash boot camp to sign up for Crucial concepts boot camp and get a free electrolytes study guide.
0:57.0	See you there. Well, hello, hello, everybody. This is Nurse Nurse Mo and welcome back to the Straight A Nursing
1:16.2	podcast. This is episode 160 and today we'll be talking about delirium, recognizing, preventing, and combating delirium
1:28.1	in the acute care setting.
1:30.9	We'll also dive a little bit into the differences between dementia and delirium, because you will need to be able to differentiate between those on exams.
1:40.0	But we'll talk about dementia as itself in another episode, okay? So before we dive into
1:46.4	delirium, let's do a quick shout out. This one goes out to Victoria who used this podcast to study for specific topics and Victoria says thank you. I was so lost doing my medsurge homework on electrolytes and acid-based balance. I have a long
2:07.0	commute to school and was able to listen to all of those podcasts and it all makes so much more sense. So thank you Victoria that is
2:16.4	exactly why I do this podcast. I remember what it was like to be a nursing school and needing some
2:25.0	supplemental information but always always at my desk and by making the
2:30.9	podcast I was able to because I well it wasn't a podcast yet you guys but I recorded
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