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Respondent contact information was removed to preserve anonymity.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Setting:<\/jats:bold> A 1,000 bed university-affiliated teaching hospital in an urban setting.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Participants:<\/jats:bold> 23 residents in family practice, 36 residents in internal medicine, and a total of 492 advanced care nurses, nurses, and clinical staff.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Approach:<\/jats:bold> The analysis of survey responses provided insight into providers\u2019 current experiences with delirium assessment tools including computerized documentation, as well as their perceptions and attitudes toward delirium prevention.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Key results:<\/jats:bold> Most respondents (89%) thought delirium could be prevented, and 85% thought targeting delirium risk factors was helpful. Fifty one percent reported patients\u2019 loneliness and need for companionship, and 65% believed delirium was linked to higher mortality. Only 14% of respondents thought existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) alerts to identify high-risk delirium patients were useful, and 38% thought current delirium assessment protocols were helpful. In addition, 33% of nurses never received formal delirium prevention training, and 48% indicated that they needed improved systems to assess and manage patients at risk for delirium.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> A majority of providers affirmed that current delirium protocols are helpful; however, existing screening instruments and methods for documentation are cumbersome, resulting in incomplete or limited documentation of episodes. 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