Over the last two decades, the use of restraints has declined dramatically in acute, long term care and psychiatric healthcare settings. The pressure to reduce the use of restraints has been driven by both patient advocacy groups and professional healthcare organizations. This program will discuss finding alternatives to restraints in any medical facility. Other programs in this series discuss the legal issues involved in using restraints, and the safe use of restraints when they are necessary.

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

Identify the types of patients that restraints have traditionally and most commonly been used on
Participate in appropriate assessments of patients with the goal of finding alternatives to the use of restraints
Describe the training requirements for medical staff that can help reduce the use of restraints
Participate in careful, individualized care planning to find alternatives for those who might otherwise require the use of restraints.
Describe the importance of investigating patients problem behaviors to get a clearer understanding of their true needs and find alternative solutions to the use of restraints

Program Info:

Product ID: MED156
Duration: 13:00 minutes
Year: 2014

For more information about this program and other programs in this series, please click on the link below:

https://www.heatinc.ca/restraintsser...

This program is meant for previewing purposes only! Please contact Heat Inc. at [email protected] or visit our website at www.heatinc.ca