ICU Delirium Playbook Training Study for ICU Nurses

Delirium is a common and serious acute neurocognitive disorder among critically ill patients, affecting up to 50% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and up to 80-90% of those receiving invasive mechanical ventilation. It is associated with increased mortality, prolonged ICU and hospital length of stay, long-term cognitive impairment, higher healthcare costs, and reduced quality of life for patients and their families. Despite the availability of validated screening tools such as the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU), delirium remains underrecognized and undertreated in routine clinical practice, largely because of inadequate healthcare professional education and inconsistent implementation of evidence-based recommendations. Nurses play a central role in the prevention, early detection, and management of delirium, making targeted educational interventio