A patient demonstrating behaviors associated with acute mania has exhausted the staff by noon. Staff members are feeling defensive and fatigued. Which action should the staff take initially to prevent this issue?

A. Seclusion is a last-resort intervention, not an initial step. B. Staff meetings to ensure consistent approaches, structure, and limit-setting prevent staff fatigue, reduce defensiveness, and provide therapeutic consistency for the client. C. Confronting the patient directly about unacceptable behavior may escalate agitation and is not the most effective prevention strategy. D. Group discussions with patients about one individual’s behavior would be inappropriate and non-therapeutic.