Journal of Nursing & Care

Minimizing Nurses Psychological Conflict over Physical Restraint of Patients

Abstract

Miwako Tokunaga, Yoshikazu Tominaga, Natsuko Koga, Takeharu Koga

Physical restraint (PR) is a widespread practice in many countries, and that nurses play a key role in the decisionmaking and practicing PR with a substantial psychological conflicts. Although little is understood how the conflicts should be controlled and integrated into a safe and ethical management of patients, several aspects of PR are becoming clearer which may aid dealing with its use.