Because the hospital is a cancer center, "we explain to them that they might be at higher risk of confusion—this could be cancer tumor–related; chemotherapy can increase confusion—and also our ...
When an outside professional consultation team worked closely with the staff, providing better staff training and teaching specific interventions to be used with patients diagnosed with both a mental ...
At least 50 hospital patients were improperly restrained in New York between 2015 and 2018, spanning men and women handcuffed, hit with batons, drugged, and left strapped to beds up to 12 hours ...
The security company under contract with Greenville Memorial Hospital says its officers do not put patients in restraints and only assist medical personnel to apply them. On March 6, three American ...
A 16-year-old girl dies after being physically restrained by staff members during a disruption in a Katy facility for troubled kids. Officials defend the control technique, called the "basket hold," ...
LOS ANGELES -- The use of chemical restraint was more common among Black patients versus white and Hispanic patients in psychiatric emergency settings, a single-center study suggested. Among 852 ...
Facilities across the country, whether they are ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designated hospitals, designation hopefuls, or just seeking to improve their quality of care, struggle daily with ...
The security company under contract with Greenville Memorial Hospital says its officers do not put patients in restraints and only assist medical personnel to apply them. On March 6, three American ...
Some of the patient-restraint incidents also lacked a licensed health provider’s order as required by law. Other cases involved hospital workers and security officers who lacked required training for ...