Restrictive practice: should all nurses be competent in safe holding and restraint?
Abstract
Sarah Eales, Senior Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing, Bournemouth University, discusses the idea that all nurses should be able to demonstrate competence in restrictive practices, and the issues that raises
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