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Review
. 2020 Jul/Sep;35(3):270-275.
doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000453.

Quality Standards of Nursing Care for the Use of Chemical Restraints: A Realist Review

Catherine Hupé  1 , Caroline Larue, Valerie Gazemar, Catherine Pépin, Damien Contandriopoulos
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Review

Quality Standards of Nursing Care for the Use of Chemical Restraints: A Realist Review

Catherine Hupé et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2020 Jul/Sep.

Abstract

Background: The use of chemical restraints (CRs) in health care facilities is a complex intervention that raises questions about its effectiveness and whether it is safe and patient oriented.

Purpose: This review aims to gather nursing quality standards for the use of CR through an innovative method of knowledge synthesis, the realist review, to support the development of a quality evaluation tool.

Methods: A realist review method was chosen.

Results: An operational definition of chemical restraint is proposed, a concept seen as synonymous with the management of behavioral symptoms by pharmacological agents with sedative proprieties. Twenty-eight quality standards were identified and presented in a theoretical model.

Conclusions: These quality standards will allow the evaluation of practices from a nursing perspective for the use of CR in health care settings.

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