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Fashion is a way to express identity and affiliations with specific social networks, and sociocultural organisations of health care facilities are no exception. Employees in hospitals must adhere to strictly regulated dress code policies, albeit shoes are one of few markers that are not regulated. The aim of this study was to analyse the expressed team identity among healthcare staff by studying signs of personality traits they share with colleagues, as found in their choice of footwear. A total of 213 images of hospital footwear, posted on Instagram, were analysed utilising thematic content analysis. The results show that choice of footwear signals seven different personality traits: the anonymous, an understated conformist; the discreet standout, a subtle individualist; the doer on the move, an active and ready contributor; the naturist, a barefoot enthusiast; the superior tourist, a temporarily elite visitor; the outsider, an unconventional maverick; and the legend, a battle-scarred veteran. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Accessible Summary: What is known on the subject?: Previous research reports that people in homelessness have poor physical and mental health and are excluded from society with risk for loneliness and social exclusion.Women in homelessness face particularly vulnerable circumstances with significant risks of harm. What the paper adds to existing knowledge?: Feelings of having a home is a basis for meeting physical, psychosocial, and existential needs related to health.Being involved in authentic relationships and caring for others gives women in homelessness a sense of worth.To be accepted by others and feeling like an equal was important for experiences of preserved dignity. What are the implications for practice?: Nurses need to recognize and support women in homelessness for their capacity to heal and to experience health.To regard women in homelessness as active health‐seekers, instead of passive victims, can improve women's experiences of care provided by mental health professionals.Nurses can promote health by regarding women as resourceful and active, despite the fact that they live in homelessness. Introduction: Mental health issues are common among women in homelessness, alongside undertreated chronic physical conditions leading to serious and unnecessary complications. Even though homelessness and risks of impaired health have been researched, broader perspectives of health are absent. Aim: To describe reflections on health among women with experiences of homelessness. Method: We conducted 13 interviews with women in homelessness using researcher‐driven photograph elicitation. Together with an advisory board of women with lived experience of homelessness, researchers were guided by the DEPICT model for collaborative data analysis and performed a thematic analysis. Findings: Women with experiences of homelessness emphasized three main resources for achieving health and well‐being: feelings of having a home, being involved in authentic relationships and experiences of preserved dignity. Implication for practice: Healthcare needs to integrate the perceived resources for health and well‐being when caring for women in homelessness. It is imperative since women will return to the healthcare setting only if they feel safe and secure, and only if dignity is preserved or restored. The results promote utilization of an integrative nursing approach; understanding that the health of women in homelessness is inseparable from their environment and social determinants for health, such as housing and social integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present integrative review is to identify and describe risk factors and triggers that may result in patient-initiated violence on inpatient psychiatric units. Original studies were searched for in PubMed, PsycINFO, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. From the 826 identified publications, 18 were included for a synthesis. The results are presented in three themes, which demonstrate that patient characteristics, staff approach, and the ward environment are influencers that may trigger the emergence of violent incidents. Incidents are discussed from the theoretical framework of complexity science as dynamic, highly variable in manifestation, and adaptive, in that the forthcoming process and outcomes are highly dependent on how the surrounding environment responds. Our recommendation is that staff on inpatient wards recognize the myriad influencers that may trigger inpatient violence in a context of highly complex interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To map areas of discussion about use of seclusion and restraint in healthcare, as expressed in motifs posted on Twitter. Materials and method: We adopted a qualitative approach with an archival and cross-sectional observational design. 188 images from Twitter postings were analyzed. Results: Five categories were identified: Informative and educational messages; Equipment as artifacts; Spatiality; The restrained subjects; Sociopolitical connotations of restraint. Conclusions: Based on our results we conclude that Twitter included several aspects; the intention to educate others, show the spatiality in relation to restraint, imagining characterized by objects and persons, and a sociopolitical connotation. This in turn means that Twitter posts offer nurses a chance to engage in social marketing and connoting an ethical dimension to a person associated with measures used to exert power over others. This is because communication surrounding certain controversial issues in healthcare is free from hierarchies on Twitter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]