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Using Restraints and Restrictive Devices

Medline University

Micro-CredentialCIP: 51.3801

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Offers an overview of restraint use in healthcare settings| discussing history| types| and alternatives to enhance patient mobility and safety.

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

SpeakingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingJudgment and Decision MakingService OrientationMonitoringSocial PerceptivenessActive ListeningActive LearningComplex Problem SolvingWritingCoordinationInstructingLearning Strategies

Knowledge

Medicine and DentistryEnglish LanguagePsychologyBiologyEducation and TrainingCustomer and Personal ServiceTherapy and CounselingAdministrative

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionWritten ExpressionProblem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningSpeech ClaritySpeech RecognitionInformation OrderingNear Vision

Tasks

  • Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated speci
  • Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient car
  • Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or confe
  • Develop and evaluate work processes based on evidence-based standards.
  • Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
  • Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and ins
  • Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other metho
  • Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
  • Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
  • Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, trea
  • Mentor nursing students.
  • Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
  • Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-
  • Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac lif
  • Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
  • Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
  • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
  • Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

Technology

Medical softwareOffice suite softwareData base user interface and query softwareElectronic mail softwareSpreadsheet softwareInformation retrieval or search softwarePresentation softwareCloud-based data access and sharing softwareDocument management softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareCategorization or classification softwareComputer based training softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareWord processing software

Tools

Alligator forcepsAngiocathsApnea monitorsArterial blood gas testing equipmentArterial line cathetersAutomated external defibrillators AEDAutomated medicine dispensing equipmentAutotransfusion systemsBackboardsBedpansBilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilatorsBlood drawing syringesBlood glucometersBlood pressure monitorsBreast pumpsBed scalesBlood warming equipmentBulb syringesBinocular light compound microscopesBlood pressure cuffsCathetersElectrocardiogramHandheld thermometersHypodermic needlesIntravenous IV pumpsLaser facsimile machinesMechanical restraintsMechanical stethoscopesMedication administration systemsNebulizers

Work Values

SupportAchievementRelationshipsWorking ConditionsRecognitionIndependence
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Clinical Nurse Specialists29-1141.04
  • Critical Care Nurses29-1141.03
  • Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses29-1141.02
  • Acute Care Nurses29-1141.01
  • Registered Nurses29-1141.00
  • Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary25-1072.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Micro-Credential)

  • Specialized direct patient care — deliver foundational nursing interventions under attending supervision within an assigned clinical specialty such as oncology or neurology.
  • Interprofessional collaboration — participate in structured care-team rounds by contributing nursing observations to support coordinated patient management in an acute care setting.
  • Evidence-based literature — locate and summarize current peer-reviewed nursing research under faculty or preceptor guidance to inform specialty practice decisions.
  • Nursing practice standards — assist in applying established specialty-specific protocols and care pathways under direction in a designated inpatient or outpatient unit.
  • Departmental policy compliance — follow existing infection control procedures and departmental objectives with close oversight from senior clinical nurse specialists.
  • Staff education support — co-facilitate structured educational sessions for nursing staff on assessment tools and illness management concepts under a senior educator's direction.
  • Patient care documentation — record clinical findings, interventions, and outcomes accurately in electronic health record systems in accordance with departmental standards.
  • Critical thinking application — recognize deviations from expected clinical patterns and escalate findings using established decision-support frameworks in specialty care environments.
  • Professional development engagement — attend specialty nursing conferences and professional organization meetings to build foundational knowledge of emerging clinical developments.
  • Technology utilization — operate approved medical software and office suite tools to retrieve patient information and support care coordination under direct supervision.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

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Completion Rate
100%
Placement Rate
100%