Analysis of nursing ethics and practice of physical constraints in the intensive care unit
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2016.36.004
- VernacularTitle:ICU患者实施身体约束的护理伦理分析与实践
- Author:
Lu WANG
;
Simiao YU
;
Xuewei GAO
;
Ying GUO
;
Yuying FAN
- Keywords:
Ethical analysis;
Intensive care unit;
Body constraint
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2016;32(36):2813-2815
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Patients in intensive care unit were more critically ill, and often accompanied by dottiness and restless. In order to avoid the adverse events and self-injury, body constraints were often used on the patients. Therefore, this paper would discuss the ethics of body constraints and give the suggestions. According to the literature review and the analysis of the clinical nursing experience of relevant ethical principles, data was collected. The principle of informed consent, respect, and harmless was hard to decide on the issue of body constraints for patients in ICU. Nurses might pay attention to the application of ethical principles, and strengthen the humanistic care. On the issue of body constraints for ICU patients, nurses might pay special attention to the application of possible ethics principles in nursing process and reduce the application of the body constraints, and promote the physical and mental comfort of patients. It reflected the progress of the humanistic solicitude in the current clinical nursing and important value.
