title: Nursing staff's attitudes toward seclusion & restraint.
abstract: 1. Staff preferred to treat patients as they themselves wanted to be treated. 2. More than one third of respondents did not view seclusion and restraint use as a time for a therapeutic intervention. 3. If staff are practicing from their belief patterns, they will choose interventions to avoid use of seclusion and restraint. 4. The majority of respondents preferred using medication to treat out-of-control behavior because they considered it less restrictive.
authors.affiliation: Battle Creek VA Medical Center, 5500 Armstrong Road, Battle Creek, MI 49015-1099, USA.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Terpstra
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Terpstra
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Pettee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010356:Patient Isolation; D010358:Patient Participation; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires