[What Is Mental Nurse ?]
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I am a mental health nurse. I am a graduate of the Project 2000 brand of claptrap which apparently makes me useless at anything practical but very good at filling in paperwork.
Mental Nurse is currently on holiday. A long holiday. A very long one. Actually I have given up active involvement with the site and now only provide technical support.
[Why Blog ?]
There are hundreds of blogs dealing with mental health issues. Hundreds of blogs by people that have experienced mental health problems, blogs by people that care for them, many by doctors and psychiatrists. None by nurses. Also I had a domain name and wanted to use up the last month or two. Turned out the time wasting project became quite popular.
The prime purpose of Mental Nurse is to have a place on the Internet where mental health nurses, and students, can get together, have a laugh, let off steam and sometimes discuss something to do with psychiatric nursing. Though the last tends to be frowned upon as it reminds us of work
It has also developed into a wonderful place for informal dialogue between patients and staff. If it has any other porpoises I am very happy.
[Are You Not Just A Moaning Ninny ?]
According to the Nursing Standard, yes.
[Is It All True ?]
Not in detail. All the stories are true in spirit. Opinions expressed may not be mine. Post by others are entirely their own responsibility. Things may even just be made up at times.
[Copyright ?]
All my stuff is under this license.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
For anything else please contact the author of the piece.
[Disclaimer ?]
Anything I can deny responsibility for I do.
[Submissions ?] (This section no longer updated. Replaced by The Team Page)
If you are a mental health nurse worker, of any description, and feel you have something you want to contribute to the world via the Internet just leave a comment. If we think the site is right I’ll set up an account that will be able to post new entries. Just leave a comment with some details.
Currently there are six regular and semi-regular contributors.
- Mental Nurse: That’s me. Here is what I am like. I have stepped down from active involvement in the site.
- Flowergirl: Flowergirl is busy currently. I imagine she reads this.
- Malcolmroff: Our resident intellectual. Here is what he is like.
- Oldschoolbaby: Our voice of the common man person
Here is what he is like. - Zarathustra: A nurse working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Here is what he is like.
- Azulinebloo: A newly qualified nurse working in an acute psychiatric ward, trying hard to stay out of the office. She also happens to be A Girl, which results in lots of embarrassed sniggering, awkward shuffling and generally wondering if she’d be interested in our World of Warcraft collection. Anyway, she is like this.
- Beakie: Formerly a deputy manager on an acute ward, now a nursing lecturer at Too Posh to Wash University. This is him.
- Mr Ian: A nurse working in secure forensic services. For the time being he has deserted this green and pleasant land for Australia, where he lounges on a beach eyeing the bikinis and sipping on an ice-cold glas of Milo. For the record, he is like this.
- EBPhobe: A recently-qualified RMN on an adult psychiatric ward. He is like this.
I am sure they may use the comments to describe themselves further.
[Contact ?]
All authors listed above can be reached at username [at] mentalnurse [dot] org [dot] [uk]. Some of us are technically deficient and it may take some time to get to your email. Everything will be read though.
Many others have contributed to the site in many ways and it is this that help me keep the site running. Thank you to all the commenters and lurkers and other blogs that have linked to us.
If you have any other questions please read the FAQ, soon also to be updated and turned into a post.
Do your wear that hat on the wards Mental? Is it a little bit, um, noticeable?
I assume that isn’t in the FAQ, but I didn’t look
I`ve never been to Chingford, I don`t know my way around Essex, but apart from that you are absolutely spot on.
According to today`s Mail ( it must be true ) Sir Norman lives just up the road fom me. Alas, I am moving or I would invite him round.
aw, malcolms link doesn’t work!
From Mental’s silhouette, I deduce that he is in fact Indian Jones.
A slight correction. I’m not actually qualified yet; I’m still a student nurse. I’ve just started the final management placement and will finish that (hopefully) in 11 weeks. Then I’ll be off to take my first actual staff nurse post, which will be in a forensic secure unit.
Or indeed, Indiana Jones. Not Indian Jones, though I can imagine such a title developing into a sketch for ‘Goodness Gracious Me’.
What hat Bloo ? That is my head. Malcolm’s link has been fixed.
I thought “Indian Jones” was a one off BBC special where Jonesy from Dad’s Army joined the Indian concert party in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.
Jonesy, no doubt dressed in full butchers regalia, would get into all sorts of wacky scrapes for promoting beef on the Indian subcontinent. The programme would finish with him on stage, singing a song full of racist puns, frequently mentioning “they don’t like the cold steel” with added references to the Khyber Pass. Obviously the chorus would be “Don’t Panic!” and it would all end with Windsor Davies in tears while commenting “lovely boy”.
If you feel like forwarding this idea to the BBC… please don’t.
So, if Malcolmroff is a Chap, does this mean he turns up to Section 117 meetings wearing a smoking jacket and with a brandy and cigar in his hands?
Strangely, I find this very easy to visualise…
That is exactly how I imagine it.
As a polecat ( oblivious to the concept of housetraining ), I don`t get to go to any meetings. No one dare invite me. My hunch, however, is that the Chap is a pipe and cardigan man. I concur regarding the brandy.
Updated to include Azulinebloo.
aw, can’t you pick one? I could be on teh intarwebs for hours trying to find myself!
And what did happen to Malcolm?
bloo … I think I’m having a crisis and fancy being nursed by someone with your credentials … what town should I finally flip my lid in?
updated Flowergirl.
I have Flowergirls reading posted on my cork board for easy reference.
To make sure I do the opposite.
Updated to include Beakie.
Updated to remove me.
Mr Ian. Please describe yourself
Oh. That was almost as disturbing as the mankini picture.
Hey, I think I should hook up with EBPhobe!
Thanks for updating that Zed, it is more descriptive now.
You said you would never show that photo to anyone.
That it was special.
‘Just for me’ you said.
You can be such a bitch Z.
But those trunks suit you so well, EBPhobe, we can’t hide that photo!
OSB I’ve just updated your profile on here.
haha, I just noticed this has been updated. I only recently found out what world of warcraft is!!
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