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Clients’ Physical Restraint Management: Nursing Approach

Table 1: Clients’ physical restraint measures that nurses usually implement in their clinical practice

Clients’ physical restraint measures that nurses usually implement in their clinical practice %
Use communicative techniques of interruption of the aggressiveness’s escalation  36 66,7%
Use environmental containment techniques (modification of the context, appeal to changes that control customer mobility with clinical supervision, provide a safe and quiet environment) 37 68,5%
Inform and reassure client, family/significant person on the need for restraint measures 45 83,3%
Carry out the physical restraint of the client, after a clinical risk assessment 47 87,0%
Carry out physical restraint after joint decision of the therapeutic team 31 57,4%
Carry out physical restraint after medical prescription and record properly in the client’s clinical process 35 64,8%
Carry out physical restraint, transmitting to the doctor later 28 51,9%
Carry out physical restraint, limiting it in time and with frequent reevaluation by the multidisciplinary team 41 75,9%
Ensure that there are no dangerous objects for the client 49 90,7%
Use tracks designed and appropriate, in compliance with the manufacturer`s instructions in its application 44 81,5%
Equip the bed with side rails, allowing the protection, support and client’s security 53 98,1%
Apply protective material to prevent injuries resulting from friction 38 70,4%
Watch at intervals of not more than 15/30 minutes, signs of circulatory changes and tissue perfusion that may result from compression due to containment tracks 36 66,7%
Position the client supine with the head slightly elevated and the upper limbs positioned to enable venous access. Whenever needed use an alternative placement, in particular, in lateral decubitus 40 74,1%
Make alternating decubitus for prevention of pressure ulcers 51 94,4%
Maintaining the communication with the client as part of its therapeutic process 45 83,3%
Watch often vital  and  analytic parameters of the client 34 63,0%
Do the periodic physical examination 35 64,8%
Moisturize the client in case of prolonged sedation 27 50,0%
Reassess the need for maintenance of physical restraint during a period of no more than 2 hours, repeating it with this frequency 38 70,4%
Remove the physical restraint according to the effectiveness of the medication and the assessment of the condition of the client or as soon as possible 47 87,0%
Register, mandatorily, in the clinical process: Client’s state which determined the need of restraint Preventive measures and their impactDescription of the different containment measures analyzed with the client or with whom he/she decides to Professionals involved in decision-makingEvaluations after the placement of the countermeasureEvolution of the medical condition of the clientRegistration of consequential injuriesRevision of the care plan, as a result of the measures of containment
51 94,4%
33 61,1%
15 27,8%
21 38,9%
27 50,0%
38 70,4%
41 75,9%
48 88,9%
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