Perceptions of Physical Restraints Use in the Elderly Among Registered Nurses and Nurse Assistants in a Single Acute Care Hospital

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-45

  McCabe, Donna E ^a   Alvarez, Cecilia D ^b,c   McNulty, Sister Rita ^d   Fitzpatrick, Joyce J ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hackensack University Medical Center   (United States)

^c FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 79551570657     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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