Category Archives: Help Wanted

People wanting help, funnily enough :)

I Hate You So Much Right Now

July 2, 2008 – 5:35 pm

I recently did a post on my site about a bipolar guy who, while drunk and detained in a psychiatric hospital in the USA, threatened to kill the president. The staff reported this to the secret service and the guy was subsequently sentenced to almost five years in jail.
Timothy Pinkston was detained in a psychiatric [...]

By Mo | Also posted in Mental Illness, Passing Connection To Work | Tagged , | Comments (7)

Help………student on management placement about to start

June 14, 2008 – 8:43 pm

(Guest post by Vicarious)
My assignment is of a critical incident during my acure placement and i thought about increased obs; the problem is its due in 2 weeks on starting placement!! so in terms of leaving it to the last minute perplexes me some what, would there be any ideas of the roles etc of [...]

By vicarious | Also posted in Passing Connection To Work | Tagged , , | Comments (5)

what else do i need?

May 7, 2008 – 7:00 pm

(Guest post by Poppylover)
Hi, Ive finished NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care..and have almost finished NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care.. I’m just wondering what else i need to be able to apply for Adult Nursing? I’m really confused, don’t no if i need to do an Access course or Key Skills? Let [...]

By poppylover | Tagged , , , | Comments (19)

Patient’s possessions

April 10, 2008 – 8:19 pm

Hello. I am a first time contributer to Mental Nurse so forgive me if the following is drivel, boring or uninteresting. I would appreciate any feedback.

By plebby | Tagged , , | Comments (14)

Shameless advertising

April 7, 2008 – 9:35 pm

On behalf of friends of mine, I’d like to invite regular readers and the like to come to the aid of a somewhat ailing nurses’ message board. Linkie below: -
Nurses Home
It’s been through some turbulent times recently, and is still in somewhat of a state of flux, but the new owner is trying to [...]

By beakie | Comments (0)

The Stubbing Out Our Rights campaign

March 14, 2008 – 6:06 pm

(Guest post by Becky Derham)
I thought the Mental Nurse readership might be interested to know that WISH’s campaign against the smoking restrictions in mental health inpatient units, Stubbing Out Our Rights, has been launched this week.
The arguments for and against the restrictions have already been debated here in a lot of depth so I won’t [...]

By beckyderham | Also posted in Passing Connection To Work, Shameless Plug | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

A stranger in the midst of absurdity and chaos…

December 29, 2007 – 12:29 am

So.
I’ve just finished my second long day in a row (12 hours).
Only qualified on duty for both shifts.
Newly qualified.
No KSF supervision.
No supervision.
No band 6 or 7 on the ward for 3 weeks.
What do I do?

By EBPhobe | Also posted in Passing Connection To Work | Tagged , | Comments (7)

A Glossary of terms

November 30, 2007 – 4:00 pm

Seaneen writer of http://thesecretlifeofamanicdepressive.wordpress.com/ wants to become a mental health nurse or “Lunatic attendant” as we used to be called. If she does she may find the following useful. It’s a glossary of terms. As we are all well aware in these politically correct times it is increasingly important to use the [...]

By E | Tagged , | Comments (4)

Section 25 of the Mental Health Act

November 13, 2007 – 7:24 pm

Here’s a letter from a reader with a query regarding Section 25 of the Mental Health Act.
Since I’m not too expert on Section 25 myself…over to you guys.
Dear Mental,
An issue has arisen in my professional work that you might like to air on
mental nurse.
I have limited experience of section 25 but my understanding is [...]

By zarathustra | Tagged | Comments (13)

How Do I Become a Nurse?

November 3, 2007 – 7:59 am

Hello! Can you give me some advice where to start if I want a career in nursing? Point being that I do want to become a nurse, and have done for some time, but have no idea where to start.
I can’t decide if I want to work in traditional medicine or as a [...]

By thesecretlifeofamanicdepressive | Tagged , , | Comments (8)

Interview Questions

October 25, 2007 – 1:24 pm

(It must be a day for readers submitting posts. Here’s another question from one of our readers)
I am due to attend an interview for a Band 6 position, any hints or tips about the types of questions i may be asked?
Kim

By kim.mabbutt | Also posted in Passing Connection To Work | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Depressed idealist

October 25, 2007 – 1:23 pm

(A reader has submitted the following request)
Hi folks, have enjoyed reading your posts and finally got around to joining in. Lovin’ the dark humour, it reminds me why I wanted to get into this malarky of a business. However, having recently managed to scrape through the course I am now in a situation where I [...]

By hairy faerie | Also posted in Passing Connection To Work | Tagged , , | Comments (5)

Interview tips for staff nurse job

September 22, 2007 – 7:52 pm

(Here’s a request from a reader - feel free to use the comments box to offer advice. Zarathustra)
I am new to all this so here goes!! I am a 3rd year Advanced Diploma in Nursing student and have just 5 months left till I qualify. I have been given a job interview on Monday for [...]

By cazzyo | Also posted in Passing Connection To Work | Tagged , , , | Comments (6)

So I managed to avoid “detention” …..what now?

September 19, 2007 – 6:49 pm

Thanks to everyone who offered advice in my last post. Was seen last week by a whole host of people – some said hospital was what I needed (and suggested detention if I “couldn’t go voluntarily), others weren’t sure and some said hospital would be the wrong place for me. So I [...]

By goingslowlymad | Also posted in Depression, Mental Illness, Suicide | Tagged , | Comments (3)

Nurse Patient Ratios - an update

September 19, 2007 – 1:07 pm

The petition is currently sitting at 216 signatures, which means we will get a response from the appropriate government department!
Phase one is now complete. Yay!
However, more names are still welcome. Keep the support coming.
The deadline isn’t until 6 October, so still plenty of time to accumulate more names.
Incase you haven’t already signed, [...]

By Azulinebloo | Also posted in Passing Connection To Work | Tagged , , | Comments (11)