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Distribution of the studied nurses’ according to their knowledge items regarding restrains.Only 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Restraints are methods used at intensive care units to prevent patients from causing harm to themselves or others. Aim: Explore nurses’ performance regarding restraints and its effect on critically ill patients in Egypt Health Care Authority Hospitals. Design: A descriptive correlational research design was applied. Setting: This study was conducted at intensive care units affiliated with Egypt Health Care Authority Hospitals in Port Said Governorate. Subjects: Nurses working at intensive care units with 129 nurses during data collection and a purposive sample with 129 restrained adult patients.Tools of data collection: Four tools were used for data collection: Tool I: A self-administered Nurses’ Knowledge Questionnaire, Tool II: Nurses’ Practice Observational Checklist, Tool III: Patients’ Observational Checklist related physiological changes, Tool IV: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale. Results: The study revealed that more than two-thirds (68.5%) of the studied nurses had a satisfactory level of knowledge, and the vast majority (93.8% ) of the studied nurses had a satisfactory practice regarding restraints. Additionally, there was a statistically significant relation between a satisfactory level of nurses’ knowledge and a satisfactory level of nurses’ practice regarding restraint for the patients in the ICU; most patients were not injured during restrain, While more than two-thirds of studied patients had severe stress. Conclusion: This study results concluded that there was a satisfactory level of knowledge and practice among nurses regarding restraints at the intensive care unit; furthermore, nearly half of them had skin inflammation from restrain, While the highest percentage of them did not have any change in vital signs and more than two third of studied patients had severe stress.