Nurses may be using physical restrains correctly if we are going off a moral conscience, but it is proven that psychological restraints are being as a secondary measure to assess certain situations that a nurse may encounter. A chemical restraint is a type of medical measure nurses are beginning to use because the recent abolishment of physical restraints (Daly 125). An example of an emotional restraint is antipsychotics, this injected medication can take the mind over of an individual and make them unable to have control of their own activates of daily living. An investigation was done on several nursing home because there was a recent rise in nursing home neglect and abuse cases. The nursing home wanted to find out why it rates had begun to go up. According to 56% of the people responding, they accused the nurses of using an emotional restraint of some kind whether it be pain medication or antipsychotics (Goergen 23). The nursing homes could not further carry on the investigation because there was no actual evidence to the situation but only word of mouth
Nurses may be using physical restrains correctly if we are going off a moral conscience, but it is proven that psychological restraints are being as a secondary measure to assess certain situations that a nurse may encounter. A chemical restraint is a type of medical measure nurses are beginning to use because the recent abolishment of physical restraints (Daly 125). An example of an emotional restraint is antipsychotics, this injected medication can take the mind over of an individual and make them unable to have control of their own activates of daily living. An investigation was done on several nursing home because there was a recent rise in nursing home neglect and abuse cases. The nursing home wanted to find out why it rates had begun to go up. According to 56% of the people responding, they accused the nurses of using an emotional restraint of some kind whether it be pain medication or antipsychotics (Goergen 23). The nursing homes could not further carry on the investigation because there was no actual evidence to the situation but only word of mouth