Patients experiencing delirium during their hospital admission have an increased mortality rate, increased hospital length of stay, and decreased level of functional independence for ADL/IADL performance at discharge. Occupational therapists are well positioned to provide meaningful interventions to aid in prevention and management of delirium.
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CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery; CE Broker/1.0 Home Study, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-640725; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Intermediate, Rehabilitation
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to identify characteristics of delirium and a screening tool with high validity and specificity to identify the presence of delirium.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify neurocognitive and health outcomes of patients experiencing delirium.
- After this course, participants will be able to list 3-5 targeted interventions to prevent and manage delirium.
Course created on December 3, 2018
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | Overview of delirium |
| 10-15 Minutes | Clinical relevance & prevalence |
| 15-25 Minutes | Delirium assessments |
| 25-40 Minutes | Intervention strategies |
| 40-45 Minutes | Quality improvement initiatives |
| 45-55 Minutes | Case studies |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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Lyndsay Laxton
OTR/L
Lyndsay Laxton is a Senior Occupational Therapist currently in her 7th year at University of Colorado Hospital. Her clinical experience at UCH spans multiple units, including Neurosciences, Medical ICU, and Surgical-Trauma ICU. Her clinical and research interests include ICU rehabilitation, delirium management, and utilization of the ICU Diary. In November 2017, Lyndsay presented “Implementation of the ICU Diary Intervention within the Medical Intensive Care Unit” at the 5th European Conference on Weaning & Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients in London, England.
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Meghan Morrow
OTR/L
Meghan Morrow is a Senior Occupational Therapist currently in her 15th year of practice. She started her career working at RIC specializing in stroke rehabilitation and coordinating various research projects in RIC’s Robotic Lab. Meghan joined University of Colorado Hospital in 2016 with a true passion in administering quality evidence based practice to patients who have sustained a neurologic injury in hopes of facilitating functional recovery. Meghan’s clinical experience at UCH includes the Neuro ICU, Neurosciences and recently treating patients in the Neurological Outpatient Program.
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