Prevalence and Patterns of Physical Restraint Use in the Acute Care Setting

Nurse executives usually have the principal responsibility to respond to the national movement to reduce physical restraint use in hospitals.The results of this three-site, interdisciplinary, prospective incidence study (based on more than 49,000 observations collected on 18 randomly selected days)...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing administration 1998-11, Vol.28 (11), p.19-24
Main Authors: Minnick, Ann Fenley, Mion, Lorraine C., Leipzig, Rosanne, Lamb, Karen, Palmer, Robert M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Child
Female
Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
Hospital Units - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Inpatients - classification
Inpatients - statistics & numerical data
Male
Nursing
Prospective Studies
Restraint, Physical
Therapeutics
United States
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Summary:Nurse executives usually have the principal responsibility to respond to the national movement to reduce physical restraint use in hospitals.The results of this three-site, interdisciplinary, prospective incidence study (based on more than 49,000 observations collected on 18 randomly selected days) reveal new patterns in the rationale and types of restraints used. The authors discuss how the results can be used in measuring success and allocating resources for restraint reduction programs.
ISSN:0002-0443
1539-0721
DOI:10.1097/00005110-199811000-00007