When an outside professional consultation team worked closely with the staff, providing better staff training and teaching specific interventions to be used with patients diagnosed with both a mental ...

Facilities across the country, whether they are ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designated hospitals, designation hopefuls, or just seeking to improve their quality of care, struggle daily with ...

At least 50 hospital patients were improperly restrained in New York between 2015 and 2018, spanning men and women handcuffed, hit with batons, drugged, and left strapped to beds up to 12 hours ...

The security company under contract with Greenville Memorial Hospital says its officers do not put patients in restraints and only assist medical personnel to apply them. On March 6, three American ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved Oregon State Hospital's plan for improving the secure transport of patients after the August 2023 escape of a patient in full ...

Parkland Memorial Hospital said the patient-gagging incident in the psychiatric emergency room was discovered on April 8 during a routine review of security video from March 16. Parkland notified the ...

Rex Hospital was cited by federal officials for a "lack of coordination and communication" between nursing and security staff while caring for a "psychiatric patient with known violent behavior" in ...

Some of the patient-restraint incidents also lacked a licensed health provider’s order as required by law. Other cases involved hospital workers and security officers who lacked required training for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 50 hospital patients were improperly restrained in New York between 2015 and 2018, spanning men and women handcuffed, hit ...