Overcoming restraint use: Examining barriers in Australian aged care facilities

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Nay, Rhonda ^a   Koch, Susan ^b  

^a Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FALLING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 33644880832     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0098-9134-20060101-13     Document Type: Review

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