There is little research evidence about how the mental health professionals are coping with the complexity of everyday practice in @entity146 acute care. The aim of this study was to explore mental health professionals' reflections on their work on an acute @entity146 ward. Data were collected using @entity1 observation and interview methods. Three core themes were identified from a qualitative hermeneutic analysis. The first core theme, coping with uncertainty, uncovered a dialectical pattern of the factors contributing to thriving and strain in the working situation. The second core theme, caring for the @entity1 , included the caring process, @entity1 ' pathway to acute @entity146 care, as well as the @entity1 ' needs and roles on the ward. The third core theme, coping strategies, included five different methods the primary nursing system, concealing versus integrating, milieu therapy, seclusion and the medical orientated model. It was concluded that good mental health care is a result of collaboration between health professionals and the health services. This study highlights the need for support to professionals and for establishing structures that will enable collaboration to take place. Taken together, this may contribute to enhancing the care of the @entity1 and their families.

Coping with everyday reality: mental health professionals' reflections on the care provided in an acute XXXX ward.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participant', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['psychiatric']
