Dissecting Altered Mental Status from Joyce Campbell

Dissecting Altered Mental Status Challenges of Care in the ED & ICU from Joyce Campbell

Faculty:Joyce Campbell

Duration:1 Hour 38 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video

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Description:

Whether in the ED or ICU, nurses have a daunting challenge of recognizing behavior which can essentially be due to a life-threatening condition. This seminar will assist you to identify this behavioral marker and explore the causative complexities of life- threatening conditions which present as altered mental status. You will leave better prepared to provide interventions to alleviate causative problems; thereby in many situations be able to prevent worsening of the patient’s condition and potentially save a life.

OBJECTIVES

• Identify the ABCs of the initial assessment and stabilization of life-threatening problems.
• Describe the clinical manifestations of the most common and serious causes of altered mental status.
• Differentiate between delirium, dementia and psychosis.
• Describe pertinent aspects of the history and physical exam.
• Outline immediate interventions for rapidly reversible causes of AMS.
• Discuss clinical practice guidelines for managing pain, agitation and delirium in the ICU.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Robin Gilbert, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, has over 25 years’ experience in emergency nursing. A number of her years in emergency nursing included experience in a pediatric emergency department at Boston Medical Center. She is both a certified emergency nurse and certified pediatric emergency nurse. Robin has experience as an emergency department manager, manager of cardiac & pulmonary rehabilitation and, currently, as the regional manager for staff development at Central Maine Medical Center. She instructs the NCLEX review class for Kaplan and tutors nursing students online for a local college of nursing. Her experience also includes having been an item writer for the Board Certification of Emergency Nursing and a former Chairperson. Robin was the coordinator for her employer’s “Pathway to Excellence” designation, which was received in 2012.

In her role, Robin is able to remain current in the trends and best practices standards for care of the pediatric population. Robin received her BSN from Curry College, Massachusetts and her MSN from Saint Joseph’s College, Maine. Robin is an active member of the Emergency Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and is a reviewer for the ANCC’s Pathway to Excellence program.

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