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Published Online: August 1961

NURSING WARD THERAPY AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR RESTRAINT

KAREL PLANANSKY and ROY JOHNSTONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 118, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.118.2.148

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1. The use of mechanical restraint was virtually eliminated on a psychiatric ward of acutely disturbed, combative patients.

2. This was accomplished in a research setting through successive stages designed to be of educational value to the participants.

3. At first, the nurses tended to substitute chemical sedation for mechanical controls.

4. Through a number of informal talks and formal devices (restraint graphs, obligatory written memoranda for all restraint, etc.), Nursing Ward Therapy techniques were finally substituted for both mechanical and chemical restraint. As a result, the ward nurse perceived herself as shifting from a primarily medical role to the role of a psychiatric nursing specialist.

5. Nursing Ward Therapy is presented as the alternative of choice in handling emergencies in large mental institutions.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 118 • Number 2 • August 1961

Pages: 148 - 151

PubMed: 13736199

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Published in print: August 1961

Published online: 1 April 2006

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KAREL PLANANSKY

VAH, Canandaigua, N. Y.

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ROY JOHNSTON

VAH, Canandaigua, N. Y.

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NURSING WARD THERAPY AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR RESTRAINT

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