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Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses in Their Practice of Physical Restraint Among Patients: A Qualitative Study
By Uludağ E, Akay G, Albayrak Ö and 1 others.
Abstract
Introduction
Although physical restraint causes mental and physical harm to patients, such practice occurs worldwide to ensure patient safety. It is non-standard practice for a number of reasons, including the lack of education, training, and protocol.
Objective
This study aims to determine the experiences of nurses who apply physical restraint to patients.
Methods
A descriptive phenomenological method was employed in this study, wherein semi-structured interviews were the data collection method. In this qualitative study, the data consisted of semi-structured individual interviews with nurses (n = 20). The data were analysed phenomenologically and were arranged with MAXqda 22 analysis software. The study complies with the COREQ checklist.