Which does the nurse implement for a small child or infant who requires a short-term restraint for an examination or treatment?
1. Jacket restraint
2. Mitten restraints
3. Mummy restraint
4. Extremity restraints
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3. The nurse uses a mummy restraint for short-term restraint of an infant or child because it encases the arms and legs, providing a secure form of restraint.
1. Jacket restraints are generally restricted for use in extreme psychiatric emergencies.
2. Mitten restraints are inadequate because the arms and legs would be free to flail.
4. Extremity restraints cannot achieve the same degree of control of a mummy restraint because the torso is free to move. Although it is confining, the mummy restraint is more like swaddling and less likely to threaten a child than restraining the extremities.
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