b'Nurses Attitudes Towards the Use of Restraints in the Critical Care Setting Raechel D. Brown, Colton R. Lightsey, Evelyn J. Palmore and Shelby K. ScarpelliSponsor: Ms. Deborah Sauls MSN, RN, CNL, College of NursingThe use of restraints is especially prevalent in critical care units in order to decrease patients interference with their medical care. Although there are quality improvement studies to reduce the frequency of restraints, nurses are reluctant to implement this into their practice when considering restrint safety.Our research question states, in critical care patients, how does the nurses attitude and experience affect the use of restraints? There is limited education provided to nurses regarding the determinants of restraints in the acute care setting. We conducted a systematic review of literature to investigate how the attitudes of nurses affect patient outcomes in relation to restraints.We developed a practice protocol to explore the differences in the mindset of nurses and how these attitudes affected the decisions of nurses within a critical care unit.Effectiveness of Mass Casualty Protocols in HospitalsNatalie Almonte, Nyaluma Margery, Kathryn Cobian and Ashli McNairSponsor: Ms. Donna Corbitt MSN, RN, College of NursingIn recent years, mass casualty incidents (MCIs) have become more prevalent across the United States. We are researching how hospitals are equipped to handle MCIs. We investigated the question, for hospital staff, what is the effect of training protocols on hospital preparedness for mass causality incidents? We have found that many protocols in place are based upon a simulated event. We wanted to know if hospital staff are adequately prepared based off of simulated training. We conducted a systematic literature review to research the effectiveness of this practice. The key impact of this research is we can discover if these protocols are sufficient or if a need for improvement should be established. We developed a practice protocol to address mass casualty preparedness in hospitals.69'