Nursing Care for Patients With Acute Mania: Exploring Experiential Knowledge and Developing a Standard of Good Care-Results of the Delphi Study.

Background: When patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder are suffering from acute mania (involuntary), hospitalization is often necessary. Patients are often quite disruptive, which makes it difficult to regulate their behavior and manage them in their current condition. The nursing team must also ensure the safety of the other patients on the ward.

Patient experiences with nursing care during hospitalization on a closed ward due to a manic episode: A qualitative study.

Purpose: To describe the experiences of patients with nursing care they had received when hospitalized for mania.

Design And Methods: Multicenter qualitative study using open interviews. Data were analyzed using the Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method.