| Abstract [eng] |
Physical restraint is a procedure aimed at preventing unwanted events – ensuring the safety of the patient. Nurses are health workers who spend most of their time with the patient, so it makes sense know their opinion about the use of physical restraints. Aim of the work - to analyze opinion about the use of physical restraints among nurses in intensive care units. Methods. Quantitative survey – written questionnaire. The instrument used is a questionnaire. The questionnaire data was processed and analyzed using statistical data collection and analysis packages IN SPSS for Windows 21.0 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) and Microsoft Excel. Free text comments have been analyzed using the content analysis method. The sample consisted of: 192 nurses. The investigation was conducted in accordance with ethical principles. According to the results of the study, nurses feel a lack of knowledge and a need for training on the topic of physical restraint. Poor knowledge of the documents regulating the use of physical restraint has also come to light. In the opinion of nurses working in intensive care units, physical restraint and its use should be discussed together with the doctor and the patient's family in order to ensure the patient's quality of care. In the opinion of nurses with a higher degree of education, physical restraint is used only after the appointment of a doctor and is a last resort to help ensure patient safety. Nurses with less work experience did not have a clear opinion on the use of physical restraint. The study showed that nurses working in intensive care units feel the need for training on the use of physical restraint and acknowledge the lack of information on the subject. In their opinion, in order to reduce the use of physical restraint, it is important to cooperate not only with medical personnel, but also with the patient's relatives. |
