The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

Authorities in Blair County say a Loretto woman is behind bars after she allegedly tried to attack a doctor and nurse at UPMC ...

With some extra support from their managers, staff at long-term care communities can reduce the use of physical restraints on residents without raising the risk for falls, according to a new study.

Two nurses aged 33 and 49, and a senior prison officer aged 38, have been charged with criminal offences after a prisoner at ...

A Bundaberg senior nurse has been found to have committed misconduct after his attempts to physically restrain a difficult ...

A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result of being held in physical restraints, as recorded in the patient’s ...