PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nierengarten, Mary Beth
TI  - Soothing Rooms Reduce the Need for Restraints for Inpatient Mental Health Patients
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 9--10
VI  - 14
IP  - 44
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/44/9.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/44/9.full
AB  - Implementation of soothing rooms for adults and adolescents in an acute mental health unit in a Midwestern regional hospital resulted in a 35% reduction in the use of restraints among the adult patients, demonstrating a benefit to both patients and mental health nurses by reducing restraint usage and suggesting a new standard of care. The effectiveness of soothing rooms was evaluated in an acute 32-bed mental health care unit at the SwedishAmerican Center for Mental Health, Rockford, Illinois, USA, and is discussed in this article.