title: Reducing patient restraint use.
abstract: This assessment tool can 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%--to less than 1% of total patient days.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Services, 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; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D009736:Nursing Process; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods