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MODULE INTRODUCTION

Pre-test

Recognizing and Managing Delirium Among Elderly Patients in the Emergency Department

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MODULE INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Emergency medicine physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals who care for patients in the emergency setting.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Cite the incidence of delirium among elderly patients seen in the emergency setting
  • Describe the frequency at which the diagnosis of delirium is missed in the ED and define strategies by which the accuracy of diagnosis may be improved
  • Evaluate the consequences of missing the diagnosis of delirium
  • Improve diagnostic skills for identifying delirium in the ED
  • Develop strategies to manage delirium in the ED

Nursing Continuing Education Credits
This continuing nursing education activity has been approved for one contact hour by the UPMC Provider Unit of the PA State Nursing Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. To receive contact hours, the participant must view the entire session and complete the nursing evaluation form.

Please call the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging at 1-866-430-8742 for more information about contact hours.

In collaboration with the John A. Hartford Foundation Center for Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry & University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging

Nursing Continuing Education Credits:

This continuing nursing education activity has been approved for one contact hour by the UPMC Provider Unit of the PA State Nursing Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. To receive contact hours, the participant must view the entire session and complete the nursing evaluation.

Please call the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging at 1-866-430-8742 for more information about contact hours.

Authors:
LalithKumar K. Solai, MD — Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.