The research status of using of physical restraint and restraint minimization act

Abstract

Physical restraint is a conventional nursing practice at home and abroad. AS the use of physical restraint in the hospital, the risk has been increasingly emerging. Many scholars have already realized the necessity of Restraint Minimization Act and the voices of reducing the using of physical restraint run high constantly. Therefore, this paper would review the status quo of the using of physical restraint, advantages and disadvantages, ethical issue, influencing factors and restraint minimization act domestic and international, so as to provide help and support for further research. Key words: Intensive care; Nursing care; Physical restraint; Restraint minimization act