Coercive measures include a series of procedures aimed at preventing and preventing patient behavior that is potentially dangerous for the patient himself or for people in the patient's environment. It is carried out by the application of drugs, belts, clamps and humane seclusion of the patient to prevent the continuation of the patient's aggressive behavior in order to be able to access the patient's treatment methods. The decision on the measures is taken by the psychiatrist, and the nurse/technician is an active member of the team that implements all interventions in accordance with ethical principles and competencies. The research was conducted at the psychiatry department of "General Hospital Dr. Anđelko Višić Bjelovar" by collecting data from nursing and medical protocols in the application of coercive measures to persons with severe mental disorders on a sample of 197 patients. The data was collected for the period from 2018-2024. year. For the implementation of the research, the consent of the Ethics Committee of the hospital for the implementation of the research was previously obtained. In the research, there was a statistically significant majority of men, 79.7%. Measures were carried out statistically significantly more in acutely intoxicated patients and in patients with unpredictable behavior (χ2 test; p < 0.001), and in statistically significantly more patients (χ2 test; p < 0.001), 51.3% of them before mechanical and physical medication was used to prevent restraints. In 80.7% of cases, the measures were carried out by two nurses/technicians with secondary vocational education. Restraint was carried out statistically significantly more in the night shift, in 87.3% of cases, it was carried out in 100% of cases by nurses/technicians with secondary education and lasted longer than restraints carried out in the morning shift with a larger number of staff and nurses/ a technician with a higher or higher vocational education in the team. According to the research results, it can be concluded that coercive measures were carried out most often in acutely intoxicated patients and patients with a high risk of self-harm. The measures were carried out more often during the night shift when there were two nurses/technicians with a secondary education in the shift, as coercive measures during the night shifts lasted longer than during the day shifts when there were more staff on the ward and when the team included a nurse/ technician with higher or higher education.