Physical Restraint Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Intensive Care Nurses in Turkey: The Effectiveness of an In-Service Training Program

Authors : Elmas YILMAZ, Selda KARAVELİ ÇAKIR, Işıl IŞIK ANDSOY

Pages : 1-10

Doi:10.30621/jbachs.1085844

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Publication Date : 2023-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Background: Intensive care nurses use physical restraints insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PRs); to prevent critically ill patients from disrupting invasive medical equipment, but they may not recognize the negative or positive consequences. Purpose: The study was conducted with a quasi-experimental, single-group pretest-posttest design to evaluate the impact of PRs training on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of intensive care nurses. Materials and Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 81 nurses. The data were obtained using a \` The Individual Data\` and the \`Levels of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Staff Regarding Physical Restraints Questionnaire.\` Descriptive statistics analyzed sample characteristics and Friedman\`s multiple comparison test performed to compare the effectiveness of training. Results: It was determined that all nurses applied physical restraint, and the rate of application of these on agitated and restless patients was 100%. Sixty-nine-point nine percent of the nurses decided on the physical restraint together with physicians, and 70.4% of them wanted to receive training about physical restraint. The nurses\` attitude, and practice scores about the use of physical restraint in the post-intervention period and retest after 1 and 3 months increased significantly compared to the pre-intervention period insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=.000);. Conclusion: This study showed that the physical restraint training given to the nurses was effective. The findings recommended to carry out in-service training to increase the knowledge levels of nurses about physical restraint and its application, repeat this training periodically and evaluate its effectiveness.
Keywords : Intensive care nursing, physical restraint, training, knowledge, attitudes