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Social Work Perceptions About Physical Restraint Use With The Adult Patient In A Hospital Setting, Kathryn A. Lund-Reed
Social Work Perceptions About Physical Restraint Use With The Adult Patient In A Hospital Setting, Kathryn A. Lund-Reed
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To add to empirical social work literature and articulate a social work position on physical restraint use, this hospital social worker examined opinions about physical restraint use among 25 social work colleagues employed on eight acute care units and two mental health units in a central Minnesota hospital. Strumpf and Evans' (1988) Perceptions of Restraint Use Questionnaire (PRUQ) was modified and used to survey St. Cloud Hospital social workers. Good internal consistency was established with the instrument (Cronbach's alpha 0.85).
Top reasons given for the use of physical restraint in this study corroborate with the work of other researchers. Review …