Confused patients in the acute care setting: prevalence, interventions, and outcomes.

1. A descriptive design was used to measure nurses' assessment of the prevalence of patients who are confused, the interventions used, and these patients' outcomes on three nursing units in an acute care setting. 2.

The role of the advanced practice oncology nurse in pain relief.

Oncology nurses have consistently identified relief of pain as a major priority for their specialty. Although many articles provide nurses with advice on ways to improve pain management for people with cancer, few address the practicality and likelihood of these strategies being implemented by an individual nurse. Oncology nurses in advanced practice roles are often in ideal situations to effect some of the positive, broad changes that are needed to improve pain relief.

Oncology patients in critical care: ethical dilemmas.

Although ICU care encompasses many important ethical dilemmas, the care of oncology patients in ICU can be particularly troublesome. This article explores some of the common ethical issues related to oncology patients in critical care: informed consent, allocation of resources, and no code policies.

Prediction and prevention of patient falls.

Falls are a major cause of injury in hospitalized patients. To date, the focus of research has been on developing risk profiles to predict fallers and developing interventions to prevent falls. This paper presents and critiques these efforts.