TY - JOUR T1 - Multidisciplinary intervention highly effective in decreasing restraint use in paediatric acute care JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 58 LP - 58 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2021-103467 VL - 25 IS - 2 AU - Felesia Renee Bowen AU - Simone Chinnis Y1 - 2022/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/25/2/58.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Dalton EM, Herndon AC, Cunliff A, et al. Decreasing the use of restraints on children admitted for behavioral health conditions. Pediatrics 2021;1481:e2020003939.Standardised protocols for de-escalation can decrease agitation and the need for physical restraints in children with behaviour health disorders.Research is needed to determine ways to mitigate the use of restraints in paediatric behavioural health patients with medical comorbidities.The increased number of children diagnosed with mental health conditions has resulted in increased admissions to children’s hospitals where staff are ill prepared to care for children with mental health conditions.1 2 Dalton et al 3 discovered four key drivers that informed a multidisciplinary intervention to decrease the use of physical restraints in children (1) de-escalating agitated patients, (2) … ER -