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Background Social media use is increasing every year, and nurses use social media to connect with each other. As Instagram was the most downloaded application in 2022 worldwide, this study focused on nurses’ use of Instagram in the context of the development of a professional identity and in support of the professionalization of nursing. Objectives The aim of the study was to find out how nurses use their Instagram profiles to influence their followers’ professional identity and support the professionalization of nursing. Therefore, nurses’ Instagram posts and the hashtags they used were analyzed. Methods A visual content analysis to analyze different Instagram posts using a hierarchical cluster analysis, an ANOVA, and a qualitative content analysis were conducted. The most frequently used nursing-related hashtags were analyzed to include different Instagram profiles ( n = 15) in the study. Results This study identified three different clusters of Instagram profiles, which can be characterized as “ Show me what you do ,” “ Let's do education ,” and “ The things we believe in .” Consequently, it can be stated that nurses who display their values and beliefs in Instagram reels, half in nursing settings and half at home, have the highest number of followers and significantly more comments per post. The cluster that showed significantly more knowledge-based posts had the lowest number of followers and significantly the lowest number of comments. The content analysis of the hashtags used suggested that nurses who identify themselves as such want to attract attention from other nurses who use nursing-related hashtags. Conclusions The results reveal that there is a possible benefit of the use of social media in the development of the nursing profession and professional identity. Followers and interactions can be generated when Instagram users identify with the profile and wish to discuss professional beliefs and values.

Abstract Aim The aim of the study was to identify interventions to promote mobility that has an impact on the quality of life of people living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Design The design of the study was a systematic review. Methods The search was performed in September 2021 in the databases PubMed, Epistemonikos and the Cochrane Library for studies published between 2010 and 2021 in the German or English language. Results Four studies identified improvements in mobility and quality of life. Nine of the ten included studies showed impacts of the interventions on different mobility variables. Heterogeneous variables and instruments were used to assess quality of life and, in particular, mobility, which made it difficult to compare the results of the studies. Approximately 50% of the identified studies had small sample sizes.

In this study, we investigate the effect of different microstructures generated by severe plastic deformation on the thermal stability of an age-hardenable Al–Mg–Si alloy (AA6082). To analyze recovery and recrystallization we investigate the internal friction at various excitation frequencies and the microstructural evolution of the material in a wide range of temperatures. Severely deformed conditions of the alloy show a distinct increase of internal friction and a pronounced reduction of the materials hardness at elevated temperatures. Microstructural investigations reveal that different stages of recovery and recrystallization take place during the heating process. In a certain case, a remarkable correlation between frequency-dependent internal friction and abnormal grain growth in the microstructure is found. It is derived that internal friction measurements help to characterize the thermal stability of SPD processed materials. Since thermally-induced microstructural changes are directly related to changes of internal friction, these measurements help to identify characteristic temperatures of recovery, recrystallization and abnormal grain growth.