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Four years ago I arrived at work where I was a staff nurse on an Alzheimer's unit. I got myself situated then began to receive morning report, my supervising nurse assigns me to provide care for eight residents, one of whom is Mrs. Travis, a 65 year old woman wh ....

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.... are all common methods of treatment for the confused patient (p.65). At that time in my nursing career in the mid-90s, I was a new graduate nurse; I had minimal experience dealing in the clinical setting with confused patients and the use of restraints. However, I have had theory on the subject "restraints", and was familiar with the types of restraints, such as; physical, chemical, manual and mechanical, but I was unfamiliar with the proper use of these devices. I decided to educate myself further on this issue and was amazed that my nursing textbooks contained little information regarding the use of restraints and the treatment of patients ....