Open Versus Locked Unit to Safely Foster Dementia Wandering

Authors

• Marie Cummings RN, MaineHealth

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Description

How would the inclusion of a locked medical-surgical unit for patients with dementia who exhibit wandering behavior prevent elopement, reduce involuntary holds and restraint use, and high rates behavioral codes that are experienced on open units such as Mid Coast Hospital’s medical-surgical unit?

Publication Date

6-7-2026

Disciplines

Nursing

Recommended Citation

Cummings, Marie RN, "Open Versus Locked Unit to Safely Foster Dementia Wandering" (2026). Nurse Residency. 180.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/nurseresidency/180