🧠 DELIRIUM Review for Nursing Students follow @nursewellversed for visual nursing education Delirium is a disturbance in cognitive abilities that causes confusion and reduced awareness of the environment. It’s important to differentiate delirium from dementia, as there are key differences: 🧠 Dementia → Occurs gradually over years → Cause is generally unknown → Not typically reversible 🧠 Delirium → Occurs abruptly → ALWAYS has an underlying cause → Reversible once the cause is treated ⭐️ Risk