Nurses' decision-making in cases of physical restraint: A synthesis of qualitative evidence

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1198-1210

  Goethals, Sabine ^a   Dierckx de Casterlé, Bernadette ^b   Gastmans, Chris ^b  

^a Catholic University College   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethics; Nurses; Physical restraint; Qualitative meta synthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860320806     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05909.x     Document Type: Article

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