title: A qualitative study of nursing care for hospitalized patients with acute mania.
abstract: Patients with a bipolar disorder and currently experiencing acute mania often require hospitalization. We explored patient problems, desired patient outcomes, and nursing interventions by individually interviewing 22 nurses. Qualitative content analysis gave a top five of patients problems, desired patient outcomes and nursing interventions, identified as most important in the interviews. We then conducted three focus group meetings to gain greater insight into these results. Intensive nursing care is needed, fine-tuning on the patient as a unique person is essential, taking into account the nature and severity of the manic symptoms of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Dimence Mental Health, Center for Bipolar Disorders, Pikeursbaan 3, Deventer, the Netherlands; Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: t.daggenvoorde@dimence.nl.
authors.forename: Thea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Daggenvoorde
authors.affiliation: Dimence Mental Health, Center for Bipolar Disorders, Pikeursbaan 3, Deventer, the Netherlands. Electronic address: b.geerling@dimence.nl.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geerling
authors.affiliation: Dimence Mental Health, Center for Bipolar Disorders, Pikeursbaan 3, Deventer, the Netherlands; Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; GGZVS, Institute for the Education of Clinical Nurse Specialists in Mental Health, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Ghent University, Department of Nursing Science, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: p.goossens@dimence.nl.
authors.forename: Peter J J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Goossens
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009746:Nursing, Team; D036301:Qualitative Research; D016896:Treatment Outcome