Application of experiential teaching in reducing and restricting actions in intensive care units

Objective To explore experiential teaching to physical restraint training for intensive care nurses and its effects in reducing restraint actions. Methods 903 inpatients in ICU from January 2017 to October 2018 in a ClassⅢ Grade A hospital in Shijiazhuang were selected as the subjects by convenient sampling. 491 patients from January to October 2017 were set as the control group, and 412 patients who implemented the experiential teaching method from January to October 2018 were set as the test group. The control group was given routine restraint nursing, and the test group was given reduced restraint nursing. The physical restraint rates, qualified rates of physical restraint, writing quality of physical restraint nursing documents and patient satisfaction scores were compared between the two groups. Results The restraint rate of patients in the test group was 62.14% (256/412) , which was lower than that 71.69% (352/491) in the control group, the qualified rate of restraint in the test group was 89.06% (228/256) , which was higher than that 80.68% (284/352) in the control group, the differences between the two groups were statistically significant (P<0.05) . Quality score of writting quality of physical restraint nursing documents in the test group was (98.32±2.22) , and the patients satisfaction score was (98.11±2.53) , which were higher than those in the control group, there were statistically significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05) . Conclusions Reduced restraint nursing based on experiential teaching reduces the physical restraint rate of ICU patients, improves the quality of physical restraint and patient's satisfaction of nursing, and it is worthy of clinical promotion. Key words: Restraint, physical; Nursing care; Experiential teaching; Satisfaction