Mainly humorous, true-life tales from 30 years on the front-line as a hospital health-care assistant.
I became a health-care assistant in the National Health Service, at 19. The first 10 years were in psychiatry, and later on general wards. These stories recount my most amusing experiences,(and some serious reflections) during that time, and the changes I have seen. I also give the perspective from my view as a patient, both as a child, and adult.
Meet the staff, Joe Soap made an error on his first day, which inspired a nursing officer, to suggest that Joe should consider nurse training. There is also the Chief Executioner, and the Speech terrorist. Another member of staff is Nurse Sigmund, who 'went mental.'
Meet the patients: Mr Smith, who was put back to bed with two nurses an 'emancipated woman'; and a patient who wondered whether autopsies hurt. And many more...
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Maternity - When asked if I was 'a section' at first I thought the nurse was asking if I had been sectioned under The Mental Health Act.
All proceeds from this book will go to THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL Harlow , Essex, England.