Aims This research was conducted to examine psychiatric nursing managers' attitudes
towards containment methods. Background Nursing management is regarded as a key …

One of the international objectives in psychiatric care is reducing the use of coercion.
Containment methods are meant to keep patients safe, yet usually include coercion. Nurses …

BACKGROUND: Disturbed psychiatric inpatients are managed using a range of containment
measures (eg seclusion, mechanical restraint) whose use differs by country. Little is known …

This study examined the relationship of organizational factors, specifically-work
empowerment and nursing practice with nurses' decision to restrain on psychiatric units with …

Aims and objective The aim of this study was to determine nurses' attitudes towards
professional containment methods and to explore the relationship between those attitudes …

AIM: The aim of this study was to compare university student attitudes to containment with
that of psychiatric students. BACKGROUND: Nurses face the potential for aggression and …

The use of restraints in all health care settings has come under increased scrutiny in recent
years. Although the organizational context has been suggested as a possible influence on …

The purpose of this study was to describe psychiatric nurses' emotional and ethical
experiences regarding seclusion and restraint, and factors associated with these …

Accessible summary• The use of containment measures in the treatment of underage
patients is controversial, and empirical evidence about which containment methods are …

Aims The aim of this study was to compare across different service configurations the
acceptability of containment methods to acute ward staff and the speed of initiation of …