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Decrease in restraint use in a study of a geropsychiatric unit
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
|November 1, 2000
Abstract:
1. Traditional and nontraditional interventions were used in this study. 2. There was a reduction in the number of times restraints were used, as well as in the number of patient placed in restraints. 3. Further research is needed to find more humane ways to help older adults through acute crisis episodes.
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