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Inpatient Psychiatric Restraints
Concerns related to the absence of trauma informed care practices on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Observation of some staff members quickly resorting to restraints as the first intervention during an escalation of a patient. Inadequate training of staff on how to de-escalate patients. Failure to use least restrictive alternatives as a primary option.
Deficit in knowledge/understanding on how to de-escalate a patient.

The metrics that would be used to evaluate this clinical problem would be the number of restraints episodes on used on the unit on a daily basis.

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