Physical restraint practices among icu nurses in one university hospital in
weastern turkey

dc.contributor.author	Akansel, Neriman	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-13T11:07:06Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-13T11:07:06Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1187
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Intensive care unit
dc.subject	Νοσηλευτική φροντίδα
dc.subject	Nursing care
dc.subject	Physical restraining practices
dc.title	Physical restraint practices among icu nurses in one university hospital in weastern turkey	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Nursing
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2007-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Akansel, N. (2007) Physical restraint practices among icu nurses in one university hospital in weastern turkey. "Health Science Journal". 1 (4). p. 51-57.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Using physical restraints is a highly preferred practice in intensive care units. Most of the studies show that the main reason for restraining patients is to prevent dislodgement of medical equipments and nurses have positive attitudes about restraining practices. Methods: This research was conducted for the purpose of determining the use of physical restraints, ongoing practices and perceptions about physical restraints among intensive care unit nurses. This was a as a descriptive -cross sectional study done with 80 intensive care unit nurses in May 2005. Nurses who agreed to participate in the study filled out the questionnaires prepared by the researchers. The survey questionnaire was based on the current literature and the author’s observations on the restraining practice. Results: Prevalence of physical restraint use is high in all ICUs. Gauze is the mostly used but not a proper material for restraining patients in all intensive care units. Documentation of restraint application is not a part of restraining practice (93.7 %). Reasons for using restraints as described by nurses are to prevent equipment dislodgement and providing safe working environment for themselves. Conclusions: In this study, physical restraining practices of intensive care nurses and materials used for this practice are not appropriate for patient care. Perceptions and knowledge of nurses play an important role on the selection of the restraining method. For a better nursing care it is very important to develop a restraint policy and educate nurses to provide awareness about this highly used practice in health care settings.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2007-10