The attitude of nursing staff towards restraint use can be decisive for whether restraints are
used. So far, nursing staff's attitudes have been studied primarily in long-term and mental …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the attitudes of nursing staff towards restraint measures and
restraint use in nursing home residents, and to investigate if these attitudes are influenced …

Background: There is still an ongoing debate concerning whether or not to use physical
restraint with confused or frail older patients in various elderly care settings. Nurses' views …

Psychiatric nurses' thoughts and feelings about restraint use: a decision dilemma Patients
continue to be physically restrained in psychiatric in‐patient units. Studies concerned with …

Background Restraints are likely to negatively affect patients' health and therefore a
reduction in their usage is recommended for all health-care settings. To date, research on …

Title: The association between the prevalence and attitude regarding physical restraint use
in a Dutch acute hospital. Background: Factors that influence physical restraint use need to …

Despite the worldwide promotion of a “restraint-free” model of care due to the questionable
ethical and legal issues and the many adverse physical and psychosocial effects of physical …

Aim The focus was to explore the perceptions and experiences of healthcare workers with
respect to the use of restraints in acute care hospitals. Design The study followed a …

A descriptive correlation study was conducted in an acute‐care hospital to explore the
relationship between nurses' use of restraints and their attitudes toward restraint use and the …

Background: Given that nursing staff play a critical role in the decision regarding use of
physical restraints, research has examined nursing professionals' attitudes toward this …