title: A restraint utilization project.
abstract: This study was a fearless look by staff at their own behavior. It was done to decrease the use of restraints on a very special population. This is a behavioral health partial hospitalization program for 5- to 15-year-olds. The staff did the review of literature and review of their own actions and ultimately chose the Rapid Cycle Model for Improvement. This was a 3-year project that reaped major gains in decreased restraint utilization.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Services for Clark and Madison Counties, Springfield, Ohio 45504, USA. suefralick@woh.rr.com
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Fralick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D009820:Ohio; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013997:Time Factors; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*