Caregivers Perceptions of Restraint Use Questionnaire (PRUQ) - RNAO Appendix K
This tool is used to determine reasons caregivers attribute using physical restraints with the elderly.
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2012). Appendix K of Promoting Safety: Alternative Approaches to the Use of Restraints. Toronto, Canada: Author. (pp. 108-110).
Developed by Lois Evans and Neville Strumpf (1986). University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing: revised 1990 & 2010.
Website: www.nursing.upenn.edu
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