Nursing staff members' intentions to use physical restraints with older people: Testing the theory of reasoned action

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 784-791

  Werner, Perla ^a   Mendelsson, Gady ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Shoham Geriatric Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Gerontology; Nursing care; Older people; Physical restraints; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOGIC; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035461350     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01911.x     Document Type: Article

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