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Anke Persoon¹, Marga Van der Cruijsen, Noortje Schlattmann

¹Geriatric-925, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. a.persoon@ger.umcn.nl

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Summary

Nurses find daily cognitive function observation valuable, but methods vary. Standardizing these observations is crucial for accurate patient assessment and care planning in older adults.

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Area of Science:

Geriatric nursing
Cognitive assessment in elderly care

Background:

Daily nursing observation of cognitive function lacks standardization in older adult care wards.
Cognitive decline, excluding delirium, presents challenges for consistent nursing assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore how nurses observe cognitive function in older patients.
To gain insights into current nursing practices for cognitive assessment.

Main Methods:

Qualitative study utilizing purposive sampling.
Semi-structured interviews with 10 Dutch nursing experts in geriatric cognitive function.
Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed by two independent researchers.

Main Results:

Nurses universally agree on the value of daily cognitive function observation.
Significant variation exists in how cognitive function is operationalized, observed, and reported among nurses and institutions.
Nurses often require extended observation periods to form judgments.

Conclusions:

Cognitive observations should encompass multiple domains and be time-limited (a few days).
Observations should support medical diagnoses and inform nursing interventions.
Standardization of daily cognitive observations by nursing staff is necessary until validated instruments are available.