Leanne M. Aitken

Feb 20, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Lyvonne N. Tume |Leanne M. Aitken

Increasing evidence confirms critical-care patients experience complications (such as iatrogenic withdrawal and delirium) that require screening for, and identifying to, optimising patient outcomes.1, 2 Assessing risk, using validated screening tools, is a complex ‘task’; this is undertaken by the bedside nurse, who is now required to assess for (and then manage accordingly) pain, sedation level, iatrogenic withdrawal, delirium, pressure area risk assessment and more.3 Although these tasks...