Thank You for all your suggestions, they are so helpful!
Heres the second part of the bibliography, i feel like my writing is really weak and i'm not really making sense, does it flow? can you undrestand it? thanks!
Janelli, L.M., Stamps, D., & Delles, L. (2006). Physical restraint use: A nursing perspective. MEDSURG Nursing, 15(3), 163-167.
This article is a descriptive study giving a nursing perspective on the use of physical restraints. 216 RN's completed a seventy item questionnaire regarding their knowledge, practice, and attitudes toward restraint usage. The intended audiences for this study are RN's and RN students. The study concluded that although nurse's knowledge on restraints was sufficient, there are still misconceptions regarding restraint use, such as acceptable alternatives to restraints, and rights of patients and families to refuse restraints. To rectify these misconceptions education should include risks and benefits, clarifying misconceptions, discussion regarding attitudes towards restraints, legal and ethical implications, and alternatives.
This article was helpful to me as it provided me with a nursing perspective on the topic. It let me see what nurse's think and feel about using restraints, it was surprising to read that nurses thought an alternative to physical restraints was a chemical restraint. I determined that there are many misconceptions about restraints even as to what constitutes as one. I realized that nurses have beliefs that can contribute to the use of improper restraint use, and although they scored well on the knowledge section it doesn't mean that the knowledge always traveled into practice. How this article influenced my practice is that it showed me how important value clarifications is in the nursing field. We all have values and beliefs, as nurses we must be aware of our belief system and we must ensure these do not transfer into our care. We must do what is in the best interest of the client free from personal biases. This article clarified a lot about what nurses know about restraints, how they practice restraint use, and what they feel about restraint use; however, it does not explore their implications, leaving the reader to wonder what all this data really means.
This article meets the criteria for a peer reviewed journal hence is a credible source. Compared to other articles cited in this study this article is a literature review, with the study presenting a new perspective on the topic. I would draw the same conclusions as the authors regarding that creative education methods are needed not only to provide knowledge but to change attitudes as well. The possible limitations of the article include a sampling bias as a small sample size was used, as well as with self report there is always the possibility of people giving socially desirable answers instead of the truth.
Naima Mussarat