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Original

Child Restraint in the Acute Setting of Pediatric Nursing: An Extraordinarily Stressful Event

, RNT , MSc , BSc , RCN , RGN
Pages 29-37 | Received 27 Nov 2006, Accepted 12 Feb 2007, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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