This assignment challenges you to explore the evidence around restraints for challenging behaviours, be they physical or
psychological, and asks the question:
In caring for someone who is displaying challenging behaviour’s are restraints (physical or chemical) acceptable? Drawing on
contemporary evidence provide recommendations for alternatives to restraint that ensure patient safety.
Consider the following:
• Patient and Staff safety
• Ethical considerations (biomedical principles of justice, autonomy, beneficence and non-maleficence)
• Human and healthcare rights
• Australian healthcare standards, RN Standards for Practice, and local policies
• Australian Capital Territory law with regard to restraint.
• Mental health Act 2015 (ACT)
This should be presented in an essay format with a clear introduction and conclusion and at least 10 relevant and contemporary
references. The word limit is 1500 words +/- 10 %.