Brief admission (BA) for patients with emotional instability and self-harm: nurses’ perspectives - person-centred care in clinical practice

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Figure 1. Content of the brief admission (BA) contract.

Table I. Categories from qualitative analysis of nurses’ experiences with brief admission (BA).

Main categories	Provides security and continuity	Fosters caring relationships	Shifts focus towards patient’s health	Empowers the patient
Generic categories – Sub-categories	Knowing what to expect – Fewer disappointments for patients and nurses – Patients have more control – Structure enables care planning	Support, not “handling problems” – Nursing instead of mediating – Nursing instead of medicating – Patient-nurse conversations take priority	Personalized structured care – Person in focus, not diagnosis – Person in focus, not treatment – Focus on health and possibilities	Towards partnership – Partnership instead of hierarchy – Patient as a co-worker on the team – Challenging and demanding to make the shift
	Limits regulated by contract, not nurse – Fewer patient-nurse conflicts – Reliance instead of control	Towards caring relationships – More trustful and equal relationships – Peace to work forward – Increased and shared understanding – Painful when the relationship became too close		Towards equal value – Mutual respect for each competence – Acknowledging the patient’s knowledge
	Fewer patients improved relationships – Fewer patients led to fewer misconceptions – Continuity enables forming relationships