Abstract Problem Statement: The physical and chemical restraint of patients, despite being
often applied with no real scientific basis, has always been part of nursing practice in caring …

Objective: The current study was conducted as a cross-sectional and descriptive study to
determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of nurses in relation to the use of physical …

Introduction: Physical restraint may seem to be a useful and simple procedure to help the
treatment but is a complex practice including physical, psychological, judicial, ethical and …

Aim: To study the views and behaviors of the nurses who apply physical restraint. Research
Design: The study was designed as a descriptive study. The data were collected using a …

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 …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of physically
restrained patients in intensive care units, who made the decision to apply restraints, the …

Nurses in critical ill setting as ICU mostly use physical restraints to maintain the patients'
devices and therapy, such as endotracheal tubes, central lines, and arterial lines. Around …

Background: using physical restraints is a highly preferred practice in intensive care units.
Most of the studies show that the main reasons for restraining patients is to prevent …

Background: Physical restraints are more commonly used in intensive care units, so further
study is needed to provide basis for evidence based practices and to develop protocols and …

Background Physical restraint is mainly used in intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent
delirious or agitated patients from removing tubes and lines connected to them. However …