title: Reducing patient restraint use.
abstract: Here's an assessment tool to help nurses identify the reasons a patient may require restraint, and find alternative or less-restrictive measures. After using it for 13 months, the staff from one hospital reduced restraint use by 95%-less than 1% of total patient days.
authors.affiliation: Vencor Hospital--Orange County, Westminster, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Beneda
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*