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CE Home > Psychiatric Nursing > CE248-60 Calming the Cognitively Impaired
Advanced Practice Course Evidence Based Practice Course
CE248-60d ·1.0 hr
Calming the Cognitively Impaired
Author: Arlene Orhon Jech, RN, BSN

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Objectives

The goal of this program is to update nurses’ knowledge about the use of music, touch, and exercise to calm cognitively impaired patients and enhance their quality of life. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

  • Explain two physiological effects music has on the body.
  • Identify three ways music, touch, and exercise benefit patients
    with dementia.
  • State two ways touch can be used to calm patients.