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Overview
Goals and Outcomes
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Accreditations
Overview
Overview
The purpose of this course is to inform nurses about the potential dangers of restraints and ways to reduce their use in the acute care setting. The course includes an overview of regulations and standards of care for the use of restraints but emphasizes alternatives.

 

Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this course is to inform nurses in acute care about restraints.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
  • Identify a restraint in healthcare.
  • Name six physical and psychological risks of using restraints.
  • Name eight alternatives to restraints.
  • Describe the regulations for monitoring a person who is restrained.
Details
Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 7/1/2023

Course Expiration Date : 12/31/2026

REL-ACU-0-RRAP

Accreditations
Accreditations

NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses

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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.