At one hospital, the NICHE steering committee identified the problem of frequent readmissions of older patients with respiratory failure to the critical care unit. A root-cause analysis identified that a common factor associated with readmissions was the presence of delirium during the ICU stay. The steering committee identified the need to decrease the incidence and severity of delirium. They reviewed the Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice47 used by NICHE sites to identify needed clinical interventions. They then used the Framework for a Geriatric Acute Care Model48 (see Figure 1) developed by Hartford Institute faculty to guide the components of a multifaceted delirium interventional model.