Help the health care team release its hold on restraint

Nurs Manage. 1999 Dec;30(12):19-23; quiz 24. doi: 10.1097/00006247-199912000-00009.

Abstract

As part of a three-site cooperative physical restraint reduction program in acute-care hospitals, a multidisciplinary team created a survey instrument to measure staff's knowledge, unit beliefs about practice patterns, ethical concerns, and more.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Humans
  • Liability, Legal
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Personnel, Hospital / education*
  • Personnel, Hospital / psychology*
  • Professional Staff Committees
  • Restraint, Physical* / adverse effects
  • Restraint, Physical* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Surveys and Questionnaires