Disturbed Thought Process

This is common in certain groups of people who suffer from various health conditions, for instance, malnutrition, aging, hypoxia, infections, head injuries, later-life depression, medication, degenerative processes. The symptoms are usually characterized by disorientation, distractibility, altered attention span, memory deficit, hallucinations, and inability to make decisions or solve problems and hypovigilence or hypervigilance. When any or a number of these symptoms are recognized in a patient, the nurse should aim at creating a balance or reversing their implications.