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Organizational Characteristics And Restraint Use For Hospitalized Nursing Home Residents., Meg Bourbonniere, Neville E. Strumpf, Lois K. Evans, Greg Maislin
Organizational Characteristics And Restraint Use For Hospitalized Nursing Home Residents., Meg Bourbonniere, Neville E. Strumpf, Lois K. Evans, Greg Maislin
College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations
OBJECTIVES: To examine the effect of organizational characteristics on physical restraint use for hospitalized nursing home residents.
DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data obtained between 1994 to 1997 in a prospective phase lag design experiment using an advanced practice nurse (APN) intervention aimed at reducing physical restraint for a group of hospitalized nursing home residents.
SETTING: Eleven medical and surgical units in one 600-bed teaching hospital.
PARTICIPANTS: One hundred seventy-four nursing home residents aged 61 to 100, hospitalized for a total of 1,085 days.
MEASUREMENTS: Physical restraint use, APN intervention, age, perceived fall risk, behavioral phenomena, perceived treatment interference, mental state, …