3103-21: The Effect of a Behavioral Emergency Response Team on Chemical and Physical Restraint Use in Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients: An Evidence-Based Practice Project

This presentation introduces Behavioral Emergency Response Teams (BERT) as a more dignified and patient-centered alternative to physical and chemical restraints. Using the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model as a guide, BERTs can be implemented to benefit both patients and nurses in the event of a behavioral crisis.

Presenter:  Chelsae Parris Castaneda, RN, BSN

Disclosures:  The presenter and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose.  Off-label use of medications will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  15 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Identify two benefits of utilizing a Behavioral Emergency Response Team for patients or staff during a behavioral crisis.

Keywords:  Behavioral Emergency Response Team, Behavioral Emergency, Restraint

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.25 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 35th Annual Conference

The contact hours for this session expire:  November 30, 2024