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INTERVENTIONS The Delirium Toolbox is a container that holds materials necessary to improve sensory input, cognitive stimulation, and promote sleep in patients at high risk for delirium. Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, and pharmacists may further modify a patient's risk for...

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Procedure for RASS Assessment Observe patient Patient is alert, restless, or agitated. (score 0 to +4) If not alert, state patient's name and say to open eyes and look at speaker. Ask 'Describe how you are feeling?' Patient awakens with sustained eye opening and eye contact. (score -1) Patient...

Veterans returning from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan frequently report physical pain. Pain can be a debilitating condition, and is classified as chronic if it lasts for at least three to six months. Recent research has shown that pain often co-occurs with other physical and psychological...

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The Clock-in-the-box is a powerful tool if properly administered and scored, and this website will teach you how to use it. Downloads You can download the instructions, response form and other forms below:

How to Score the Clock-in-the-Box The score of the Clock-in-the-Box diagnostic is based on a rubric of eight individual categories which are broken into two main subcategories. The sum of the Location, Object, Numbers and Time scores yields the Memory subtotal, while the Size, Number Order, Number...