Date of Award
2013-04-24
Degree Name
PhD Nursing
Dissertation Committee
Susan L. Instone, DNSc, APRN, CPNP, Chair; Dean Sally Brosz Hardin, PhD, APRN, FAAN; Patricia A. Roth, EdD, MSN, RN
Keywords
children & youth, Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, nursing, restraints, seclusion
Abstract
Perceptions of children restrained and secluded (R&S) were explored using Yin's methodology and critical theory. The literature presented reviewed proponent's and opponent's views of the R&S intervention used on inpatient psychiatric units for the containment of violent patients. Despite reports of physical and emotional injury to staff and patient during restraining and secluding children, the intervention is still in use. Using Machover's framework, a semi-structured interview and drawings were used to illicit information from a 12 year old boy about his perceptions of R&S. Then, a presentation of barriers to conducting research is made. Results of the child's perceptions included thematic issues of fear, hurt, a non-therapeutic relationship with nursing, uncertainty and overcoming. Recommendations are made for nursing research, education, practice, and policy development.
Document Type
Dissertation: Open Access
Department
Nursing
Digital USD Citation
Buckman, Michelle PhD, "A Case Study Exploring Restraint and Seclusion Use in School-Age Children on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit" (2013). Dissertations. 432.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/dissertations/432