Nurses prioritization processes to prevent delirium in patients at risk: Findings from a Q-Methodology study.

Background: This study aimed at (a) exploring how nurses prioritise interventions to prevent delirium among patients identified at risk and (b) describing the underlying prioritisation patterns according to nurses' individual characteristics.

Methods: There was used the Q-methodology a research process following specific steps: (a) identifying the concourse, (b) the Q-sample, and (c) the population (P-set); (d) collecting data using the Q-sort table; (e) entering the data and performing the factor analysis; and (f) interpreting the factors identified.

Results: There were involved 56 nurses working in medical, geriatric and log-term facilities (46; 82.