Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Safety Physical Restraints use in intensive care unit | ||||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 11, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2015, 2015, Page 33-48 PDF (116.84 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029245 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Om-Mohamed Abed El-latief Abed elsatar | ||||
| Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Menofia University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Physical restraints are commonly used in clinical settings to control disruptive behaviour, wandering, maintain treatment plans, and prevent falls. The level of knowledge about restraints and the underlying attitudes of staff toward the use of restraints should be identified because knowledge and attitudes can directly or indirectly affect practice. Aim: the study was carried out to identify nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice toward safety physical restraints use in intensive care unit. Subjects & methods: Research design: Descriptive research design was utilized. Setting: This study was conducted in intensive care units in Menofia University Hospital and Shebien El Koom Teaching Hospital. Subjects: A convenience sample of all nurses on intensive care units in selected setting, 60 nurses in Menofia University Hospital and 35 nurses in Shebien El Koom Teaching Hospital and 95 patients with physical restraints were included in this study. Tools of data collection: one tool was used for data collection which is structure interview schedule. Results: The results revealed that about two thirds of the nurses had poor knowledge and about one third of them had moderate knowledge, most of nurses had negative attitude and moderate practice toward the use of physical restraints. There was no statistical significance positive correlation between nurses’ knowledge and practice score while there was statistical significance positive correlation between nurses’ knowledge and attitude score. Also there was statistical significance positive correlation between nurses’ attitude and practice score. Conclusions: The current study concluded that there was inadequate knowledge and practice and negative attitude towards the use of physical restraints in intensive care unit. Recommendations: The study recommended that training programs should be organized for the nurses to improve their knowledge regarding physical restraint application, and orientation programs should be utilized for newly jointed nurses to improve their practice and knowledge regarding restraint application. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Nurses’ Knowledge; Attitude and Practice; Physical restraints; Intensive Care Unit | ||||
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