Physical restraints in the acute care setting: issues and future direction

The pattern and prevalence of physical restraint in hospital settings have changed over the past decade. The challenge to health professionals who wish to reduce or eliminate the use of restraints includes clinical, ethical, and legal concerns. Factors that influence health care providers' deci...

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Published inClinics in geriatric medicine Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 727
Main Authors Frengley, J D, Mion, L C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.1998
Subjects
Acute Disease - nursing
Hospitalization - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Nursing Care
Patient Care - adverse effects
Patient Care - methods
Restraint, Physical - legislation & jurisprudence
Restraint, Physical - methods
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
United States
Legal Approach
Health Care and Public Health
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Summary:The pattern and prevalence of physical restraint in hospital settings have changed over the past decade. The challenge to health professionals who wish to reduce or eliminate the use of restraints includes clinical, ethical, and legal concerns. Factors that influence health care providers' decisions regarding whether to use physical restraints include organizational characteristics and systems of care, environmental characteristics, and specific clinical guidelines or protocols, as well as individual patient characteristics. To reduce the incidence of physical restraint, hospital professionals need to develop and test feasible alternative practices using an interdisciplinary approach that addresses organizational, environmental, and patient-specific factors.
ISSN:0749-0690
1879-8853
DOI:10.1016/S0749-0690(18)30088-0