Neuropsychiatric nursing in the intensive care unit as an aspect of psychiatric consultation

Psychiatric training of nurses on ICUs is important, as cerebral dysfunctional states often show disturbances of behaviour. With two case reports of patients seen by our psychiatric service to an ICU, we want to demonstrate the potential benefits of a neuropsychiatric training for nurses. The implem...

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Published inPsychiatrische Praxis Vol. 20; no. 6; p. 224
Main Authors Diefenbacher, A, Saupe, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.11.1993
Subjects
Adult
Brain Damage, Chronic - diagnosis
Brain Damage, Chronic - nursing
Brain Damage, Chronic - psychology
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Male
Neurocognitive Disorders - diagnosis
Neurocognitive Disorders - nursing
Neurocognitive Disorders - psychology
Nurse Clinicians - education
Nursing Diagnosis
Patient Care Team
Psychiatric Nursing - education
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Summary:Psychiatric training of nurses on ICUs is important, as cerebral dysfunctional states often show disturbances of behaviour. With two case reports of patients seen by our psychiatric service to an ICU, we want to demonstrate the potential benefits of a neuropsychiatric training for nurses. The implementation of psychiatric nurse clinical specialists on ICUs is suggested.
ISSN:0303-4259
1439-0876