Judith Butler's theoretical perspectives within a nursing context-a scoping review.

Philosopher Judith Butler has influenced how people talk about vulnerable bodies and sees vulnerability as universal, existential, and relational. Being vulnerable is part of the human condition. The main theoretical areas that run across Butler's work; power, knowledge and subjectivity, performativity, and ethics-are of particular relevance to nursing practice.

How may cultural and political ideals cause moral distress in acute psychiatry? A qualitative study.

Background: There is growing public criticism of the use of restraints or coercion. Demands for strengthened patient participation and prevention of coercive measures in mental health care has become a priority for care professionals, researchers, and policymakers in Norway, as in many other countries. We have studied in what ways this current ideal of reducing the use of restraints or coercion and attempting to practice in a least restrictive manner may raise morals issues and create experiences of moral distress in nurses working in acute psychiatric contexts.

Coping with moral distress on acute psychiatric wards: A qualitative study.

Background: Nurses working within acute psychiatric settings often face multifaceted moral dilemmas and incompatible demands.

Methods: Qualitative individual and focus group interviews were conducted.

Ethical Considerations: Approval was received from the Norwegian Social Science Data Services.

Moral distress in acute psychiatric nursing: Multifaceted dilemmas and demands.

Background: In this article, the sources and features of moral distress as experienced by acute psychiatric care nurses are explored.

Research Design: A qualitative design with 16 individual in-depth interviews was chosen. Braun and Clarke's six analytic phases were used.

Patient participation: causing moral stress in psychiatric nursing?

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore psychiatric nurses' experiences and perspectives regarding patient participation. Patient participation is an ambiguous, complex and poorly defined concept with practical/clinical, organisational, legal and ethical aspects, some of which in psychiatric units may cause ethical predicaments and moral stress in nurses, for instance when moral caring acts are thwarted by constraints.

Methods: An explorative quantitative pilot study was conducted at a psychiatric subacute unit through three focus group interviews with a total of nine participants.