Implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices in long-term care.

The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)

The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is a standardized evidence-based tool that enables non-psychiatrically trained clinicians to identify and recognize delirium quickly and accurately in both clinical and research settings. The CAM includes four features found to have the greatest ability to distinguish delirium from other types of cognitive impairment.

https://geriatrictoolkit.missouri.edu/cog/Confusion-Assessment-Method-delirium.pdf

The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, 2019. Donna McCabe, DNP, APRN-BC, GNP

© 2003 Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH Inouye, S., van Dyck, C., Alessi, C., Balkin, S., Siegal, A. & Horwitz, R. (1990).

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