Safety work: Initiating, maintaining, and terminating restraints

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-87

  Ludwick, Ruth ^a   Meehan, Anita ^b   Zeller, Richard ^a   O'Toole, Richard ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nurse specialist; Physical restraint; Qualitative; Safety work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; NURSE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE CLINICIANS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY;

EID: 48449105534     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000311672.03857.1b     Document Type: Article

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