Nursing - The Woe OfI was a student nurse for a while. God knows why I decided to become one, but there you go (They booted me off the course in the end, so at least the story has a happy ending).
I think my most disturbing moment was working in a psychiatric hospital and having to talk a 14 year old girl down from tearing her skin off with her own nails.
Oh, and having a fire door ripped off of its' hinges and thrown at me in same hospital by someone I'd been having a perfectly normal, relaxed chat with 5 minutes earlier.
None of this compares with the placements in OAP homes though.... [shudder]
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I think my most disturbing moment was working in a psychiatric hospital and having to talk a 14 year old girl down from tearing her skin off with her own nails.
Oh, and having a fire door ripped off of its' hinges and thrown at me in same hospital by someone I'd been having a perfectly normal, relaxed chat with 5 minutes earlier.
None of this compares with the placements in OAP homes though.... [shudder]