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Restraints: Alternatives to Restraints

Product code: M252B        Reviewed for accuracy: 2011

Series Overview:

Over the past decade a number of deaths have been attributed to improper use of restraints or seclusion. The concern has become so great that the Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert on the subject and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has issued regulations covering their use including a recent final Guidance Document on the use of restraints in 2008.

The new three-part Medcom series with the working title Restraints in Healthcare provides nurses and other healthcare professionals with the information they need to comply with Joint Commission and CMS guidelines and is designated for a minimum of 1.5 hours of continuing nursing education.

Program titles for this series are:

• Restraints: Legal Considerations and Patient Rights
• Restraints: Alternatives to Restraints
• Restraints: Safe Application of Restraints
  
  

Overview:

Reducing restraints and implementing alternatives is an important step in the ongoing effort to improve the health and quality of life of anyone under medical care. The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with essential guidance on finding alternatives to restraints.

Objectives:

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Identify the types of patients that restraints have traditionally and most commonly been used on.
• Participate in appropriate assessments of patients with the goal of finding alternatives to the use of restraints.
• Describe the training requirements for medical staff that can help reduce the use of restraints.
• Participate in careful, individualized care planning to find alternatives for those who might otherwise require the use of restraints.
• Describe the importance of investigating patients’ problem behaviors to get a clearer understanding of their true needs and find alternative solutions to the use of restraints.

Restraints: Legal Considerations and Patient Rights

Product code: M252A        Reviewed for accuracy: 2011

Series Overview:

Over the past decade a number of deaths have been attributed to improper use of restraints or seclusion. The concern has become so great that the Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert on the subject and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has issued regulations covering their use including a recent final Guidance Document on the use of restraints in 2008.

The new three-part Medcom series with the working title Restraints in Healthcare provides nurses and other healthcare professionals with the information they need to comply with Joint Commission and CMS guidelines and is designated for a minimum of 1.5 hours of continuing nursing education.

Program titles for this series are:

• Restraints: Legal Considerations and Patient Rights
• Restraints: Alternatives to Restraints
• Restraints: Safe Application of Restraints

Overview:

This program will provide learners with a basic understanding of the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the use of restraints in healthcare settings.

Objectives:

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Describe the basis for the rules on the use of restraints and seclusion.
• Identify the types of facilities where the CMS rules apply.
• Describe the type and extent of training required for healthcare professionals authorized to use restraints and seclusion.
• Take steps to ensure the proper ordering and evaluation of restraints and seclusion.
• Complete appropriate and timely documentation when restraints and seclusion are used.

Restraints: Safe Application of Restraints

Product code: M252C        Reviewed for accuracy: 2011

Series Overview:

Over the past decade a number of deaths have been attributed to improper use of restraints or seclusion. The concern has become so great that the Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert on the subject and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has issued regulations covering their use including a recent final Guidance Document on the use of restraints in 2008.

The new three-part Medcom series with the working title Restraints in Healthcare provides nurses and other healthcare professionals with the information they need to comply with Joint Commission and CMS guidelines and is designated for a minimum of 1.5 hours of continuing nursing education.

Program titles for this series are:

• Restraints: Legal Considerations and Patient Rights
• Restraints: Alternatives to Restraints
• Restraints: Safe Application of Restraints
  
  

Overview:

The purpose of this program is to provide nurses with guidance on the safe application, use and monitoring of restraints when alternatives have proven ineffective.

Objectives:

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Select restraints that are the least restrictive intervention that will be effective, based on an individualized assessment of the person.
• Identify and use a variety of the least restrictive restraints, including limb restraints and chair restraints.
• Conduct safe and appropriate application and monitoring of restraints.
• Identify and avoid the dangers associated with the use of restraints.

Violence In Healthcare Part 1: Empowering You to Be Prepared

Product code: M272A    Copyright © 2013
    

Series Overview:

Healthcare facilities must often deal with the results of violence outside their walls, but sometimes the violence seeps into the healthcare environment itself, as with instances of domestic or gang violence that continue into a facility. In recent years violent crime in hospitals has increased 200% and the rate of non-fatal assaults on healthcare workers is much higher than the rate of non-fatal assaults for all private-sector industries combined. Clearly, healthcare workers must empower themselves to be prepared against possible violence.

This two-part series provides healthcare workers with the education needed to identify potential sources of violence and effective strategies to prevent and reduce violence in the healthcare setting. In this way learners will be better equipped to ensure their own safety, as well as that of their coworkers and patients.

Overview:

This program focuses on identifying potential sources of violence and conditions that can predispose to violence to reduce the risk of assault and empower the learner to be prepared.

Objectives:

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Identify the three primary sources of violence in healthcare
• List OSHA’s three categories of risk for violence in healthcare
• Describe conditions in the healthcare environment that can be potential reasons for aggressive behavior
• Identify patient conditions that may predispose to violence

Violence In Healthcare Part 2: What to Do When Violence Occurs

Product code: M272B    Copyright © 2013
    

Series Overview:

Healthcare facilities must often deal with the results of violence outside their walls, but sometimes the violence seeps into the healthcare environment itself, as with instances of domestic or gang violence that continue into a facility. In recent years violent crime in hospitals has increased 200% and the rate of non-fatal assaults on healthcare workers is much higher than the rate of non-fatal assaults for all private-sector industries combined. Clearly, healthcare workers must empower themselves to be prepared against possible violence.

This two-part series provides healthcare workers with the education needed to identify potential sources of violence and effective strategies to prevent and reduce violence in the healthcare setting. In this way learners will be better equipped to ensure their own safety, as well as that of their coworkers and patients.

Overview:

This program demonstrates and describes the “four R’s” of dealing with violence through recognizing the signals, resolving conflicts, responding quickly and reporting and documenting after an event.

Objectives:

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Recognizing the signals for escalating agitation and assaultive behavior or criminal intent
• Resolving conflicts by appropriately interacting with a hostile individual
• Responding quickly if the situation is out of your control
• Describe proper reporting and documenting after an event