Chapter 10: Documenting Restraint
Overview:
- Outlines the policies, procedures, and protocols of documenting restraint
- Discusses the importance of correct assessment before implementing restraint
- Outlines the importance of consent and authorities when documenting restraint
- Discusses the need for correct documentation if care plans include restraint
- Outlines other resident documents needed when restraint occurs
- Describes the importance of evaluation and education with reference to restraint
Description:
Restraint can be defined as the use of any methodology or apparatus that controls a person’s choice to move freely and which cannot be easily removed by that person. It is important to correctly document any form of restraint, both physical and chemical. This chapter discusses the use of restraint in an aged care facility and its correct documentation.
Topics:
- Introduction
- Policies, procedures, and protocols
- Assessments
- Consents and authorities
- Care plans
- Other resident documents
- Evaluation
- Education
- Conclusion
Speaker/Author:
Sue Forster
Sue completed her general nurse training in the Queen Alexandra Royal Naval Nursing Service in the UK and abroad. She has extensive clinical, educational, and managerial experience at senior levels gained from a long nursing career in Europe, Australia and Africa. For the past ten years Sue has managed her own educational consultancy business. Her special interests include gerontic care, continuous quality improvement, and human-resource management. Sue is dedicated to the education and empowerment of her nursing colleagues through the provision of sound evidence-based practice within an holistic framework of quality care.
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