Therapeutic safe holding with children and young people in hospital

Kennedy, Robert; Binns, Frances

Abstract

This article demonstrates how a strategy to improve patient safety and the patient experience in hospital health care was implemented in a large tertiary children’s hospital. A children and young people’s therapeutic safe holding policy and training programme for all clinical nursing staff was developed and introduced. The strategy aimed to define best practice and equip healthcare professionals with the appropriate tools to deliver care safely, effectively and in the best interests of the child or young person.

Citation

Kennedy, R., & Binns, F. (2016). Therapeutic safe holding with children and young people in hospital. Nursing Children and Young People, 28(4), 28-32. https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.28.4.28.s22

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 29, 2015
• Online Publication Date: May 9, 2016
• Publication Date: May 9, 2016
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2024
• Journal: Nursing Children and Young People
• Print ISSN: 2046-2336
• Electronic ISSN: 2046-2344
• Publisher: RCN Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 28-32
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.28.4.28.s22
• Keywords: autism, child health, healthcare interventions, learning difficulties, paediatrics, pain, play, therapeutic safe holding
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3504399
• Publisher URL: http://journals.rcni.com/journal/ncyp