Download or read book Memoirs of a Black NHS Mental Health Nurse written by Carol Webley-Brown and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In comparison to midwifery, pediatrics, and general nursing, the work of mental health nurses is often unrecognized and seen by many as the poor relative of nursing. In Memoirs of a Black NHS Mental Health Nurse, Queen's Nurse and author, Carol Webley-Brown raises the profile of black mental health nurses. In this memoir, Webley-Brown tells how she joined the National Health Service as a student nurse more than forty years ago in 1976, undertaking her psychiatric training first. Memoirs of a Black NHS Mental Health Nurse shares an overview of her life that also includes work in accident and emergency nursing, marrying, having children, teaching in universities, being a general practice nurse, caring for her terminally ill-husband, volunteering in Ghana for more than four years, and a return to mental health nursing. Through her story, Webley-Brown seeks to break down the walls of racism and raise the profile of Black nurses. She starts the difficult conversation and slowly intends to dismantle institutional, structural, and systemic racism.

Download or read book Memoirs of an NHS Black Mental Health Nurse 1979 2021 written by Carol Webley-Brown and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir, Webley-Brown tells how she joined the National Health Service as a student nurse more than forty years ago in 1976, undertaking her psychiatric training first. Memoirs of a Black NHS Mental Health Nurse shares an overview of her life that also includes work in accident and emergency nursing, marrying, having children, teaching in universities, being a general practice nurse, carin gfor her terminally ill-husband, volunteering in Ghana for more than four years, and a return to mental health nursing. [Source: Lulu Publishing].

Download or read book A Place for Lost Souls written by Belinda Black and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and open our hearts more.' Belinda Black was just seventeen years old when she began working as a nursing assistant at the large and foreboding 'madhouse', as it was then known to the villagers of her hometown in the north of England. Following in the footsteps of her mother, she went on to spend a decade caring for patients with widely varying mental health problems, all locked up together and out of view of society. Some had suffered unimaginable trauma, several had violent and volatile tendencies, but amongst this Belinda found moments of joy and even friendship with her patients. But A Place for Lost Souls is also about the other psychiatric nurses there, from those like Sister Kane who suffered from depression and found treating others a welcome distraction, to others like Belinda's friend Sally, who always had a sense of humour however dark the situation. Together, against a backdrop of rattling keys, clanging iron doors, and wards that smelled of disinfectant and stale smoke, these people came together to get through another day. Until the hospital, along with many others, had its doors closed in 1991 - the biggest change to mental healthcare in NHS history. The result is a moving, shocking but ultimately life-affirming account of a unique and noble profession, told from the frontlines. Amongst so much sadness and distress, and despite witnessing some of the darkest corners of human suffering, Belinda finds hope: in the camaraderie of her colleagues, in the patients she cares for, and in her unwavering belief that even people who have committed violent crimes are fundamentally good.

Download or read book A Place for Lost Souls written by Belinda Black and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and open our hearts more.' Belinda Black was just seventeen years old when she began working as a nursing assistant at the large and foreboding 'madhouse', as it was then known to the villagers of her hometown in the north of England. Following in the footsteps of her mother, she went on to spend a decade caring for patients with widely varying mental health problems, all locked up together and out of view of society. Some had suffered unimaginable trauma, several had violent and volatile tendencies, but amongst this Belinda found moments of joy and even friendship with her patients. But A Place for Lost Souls is also about the other psychiatric nurses there, from those like Sister Kane who suffered from depression and found treating others a welcome distraction, to others like Belinda's friend Sally, who always had a sense of humour however dark the situation. Together, against a backdrop of rattling keys, clanging iron doors, and wards that smelled of disinfectant and stale smoke, these people came together to get through another day. Until the hospital, along with many others, had its doors closed in 1991 - the biggest change to mental healthcare in NHS history. The result is a moving, shocking but ultimately life-affirming account of a unique and noble profession, told from the frontlines. Amongst so much sadness and distress, and despite witnessing some of the darkest corners of human suffering, Belinda finds hope: in the camaraderie of her colleagues, in the patients she cares for, and in her unwavering belief that even people who have committed violent crimes are fundamentally good.

Download or read book If Asylum Walls Could Speak written by Sandy Bayley nee Williams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-07-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandy embarked on her mental health nursing career in Parkside Hospital in 1964 as a naive seventeen-year-old child and stepped into another worlda world of entrenched culture, such as the deep division of the sexes and women incarcerated for infidelity and labelled morally insane, doomed to spend the rest of their lives in the asylum. Pencil baths, gang showers, and group bathing and how a young window cleaner saw more than he expected to and fled. The stately matron in her crisply starched whites and fearsome charge nurses who evoked terror among the junior staff. Sandy relates hilarious tales of bodies being transported in the dead of night to the hospital mortuary by some very unconventional means. The camaraderie and the close-knit community of the hospital made it a home to many but asylum to most. With 1,300 beds and the ridiculous ratio of fifty patients to one nurse on night duty, she still had time to knit between rounds. Sandy rolled up her sleeves and got on with the job, and fifty years later, she is still rolling with the punchesliterally.

Download or read book Memories of A Mental Nurse written by Robert Panton and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innocent young man applies to work as a student nurse in a large mental hospital, little knowing what was in store for him. The rest of his career was filled with humour, pathos and a kind of purpose, where he saw his world collapse and the world of his beloved patients fall apart, as the hospitals he worked in were closed down and a new order was established.

Download or read book The Extreme Sport of Nursing While BLACK written by S. D. Onyango and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racism in the NHS and other organisations is still an ongoing issue that has been highlighted by the recent black lives matter movement as well as the COVID19 pandemic. It is also great that more and more people are coming out and being vocal about it and calling for change which in my opinion is way overdue. I am also encouraged by the younger generation who are coming up the ranks and calling out incidences of racism and inappropriate behaviour. While all this is good and looks like we are heading in the right direction with regards to stamping out racism within and without the NHS, we must not lose sight of the fact that there are colleagues who are living this sad reality at this moment any given day up and down the country with serious consequences for their lives, livelihoods, health and family life and it can be a very lonely and frustrating place to be in. The COVID19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement have highlighted the issue of continued racism within the NHS and the wider work community. A number of recent studies have shown that black people still face alot of racism and job discrimination in the United Kingdom(U.K). Indeed a disproportionate number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic(BAME) nurses and midwives get referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) by their employers as opposed to their White counterparts, this is according to findings published by the NMC of their - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion research⁴ with the NMC not faring any better in dealing with racism within its organisation and in how it deals with the findings that a disproportionate amount of BAME nurses are referred to them under fitness to practice. It is disheartening and plainly unbelievable that in 2021 we are still talking about race and racism and that as a black nurse, indeed a black worker anywhere, i have to put in three times the effort, triple check my work and be in constant awareness of systems and regulations that in some instances sorely exist to trip me up. It is frankly exhausting but until change comes and I would like to believe that it will come, we still have to be on our guard, double up and prove ourselves over and over again. In this unofficial guide, I aim to pass on some of the gems I have learned and have been passed on over the years in what I call the extreme sport of nursing while black, in the hope that it will help my fellow Black Nurses navigate their workplaces, maybe even the playing field a little bit while we wait for changes to take place within and without our workplaces. There are brilliant people out there who are voicing their concerns and shaking up the status quo. Silence is no longer an option. We must make our voices heard. Dr Maya Angelou sums it up beautifully in this quote below. "When you know you are of worth - not asking it but knowing it - you walk into a room with a particular power" - Dr Maya Angelou.

Download or read book Memoirs of a Psych Nurse and Other Stories written by Sue Mitzel Tourtelot and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are stories from my varied Nursing career. Some are funny,some are sad and some are downright scary. All of them are true. The individuals in my stories, very in age from twelve to sixty-five years. However, many of them are about adolescents whom I dearly loved interacting with. I've come to know and respect hundreds of patients/clients and have learned so much from them. I wish to thank each one for making my career so fulfilling.

Download or read book Danvers State written by Angelina Szot and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author provides an account of her experiences working as a nurse at Danvers State hospital for the mentally ill in Massachusetts from the 1940s through the 1960s.

Download or read book The Language of Kindness written by Christie Watson and published by Crown. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving, lyrical, beautifully-written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touched Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and meet her unforgettable patients. In the neonatal unit, premature babies fight for their lives, hovering at the very edge of survival, like tiny Emmanuel, wrapped up in a sandwich bag. On the cancer wards, the nurses administer chemotherapy and, long after the medicine stops working, something more important--which Watson learns to recognize when her own father is dying of cancer. In the pediatric intensive care unit, the nurses wash the hair of a little girl to remove the smell of smoke from the house fire. The emergency room is overcrowded as ever, with waves of alcohol and drug addicted patients as well as patients like Betty, a widow suffering chest pain, frail and alone. And the stories of the geriatric ward--Gladys and older patients like her--show the plight of the most vulnerable members of our society. Through the smallest of actions, nurses provide vital care and kindness. All of us will experience illness in our lifetime, and we will all depend on the support and dignity that nurses offer us; yet the women and men who form the vanguard of our health care remain unsung. In this age of fear, hate, and division, Christie Watson has written a book that reminds us of all that we share, and of the urgency of compassion.

Download or read book Black Mental Health written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Language of Kindness written by Christie Watson and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving, lyrical, beautifully written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touched. Christie Watson spent twenty years working as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and the patients who are unforgettable. In the neonatal unit, premature babies fight for their lives, hovering at the very edge of survival, like tiny Emmanuel wrapped up in a sandwich bag. In the cancer wards, the nurses administer chemotherapy and, long after the medicine stops working, something more important--which Watson recognizes when her own father is dying of cancer. In the mental health unit, Derek attempts to take his life. In the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Charlotte loses her legs following meningitis, and the nurses wash the hair of a little girl to remove the smell of smoke from a house fire. The emergency room is overcrowded as ever, with waves of alcohol and drug addicted patients, as well as patients like Betty, suffering chest pain, frail and alone. The stories of the geriatric ward--Gladys and older patients like her--show the plight of the most vulnerable members of our society. In the smallest of actions, the most undervalued of professions provides the most vital care and kindness. All of us will touch illness in our lifetime, and we will all depend upon the support and dignity that nurses offer us in our most vulnerable moments; yet these women and men who form the vanguard of our health service remain largely behind the scenes and publicly unsung. Through the stories in this book comes an understanding of what we must value most dearly--the urgency of care and compassion. In this age of fear, hate and division, Christie Watson, an award-winning novelist as well as a nurse, has written a book that reminds us of all that we share, and of what it is to be human.

Download or read book Memories of a Mental Health Nurse written by ROBERT PANTON and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MEMORIES OF A MENTAL HEALTH NURSE WHO BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE MID NINETEEN SEVENTIES AND WAS VERY IGNORANT OF WHAT HE WAS GOING INTO. THERE IS A LOT OF AMUSEMENT AND A LOT OF PATHOS IN HIS EARLY EXPERIENCES AND INDEED, THROUGHOUT HIS THIRTY YEARS AS A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE.

Download or read book Moments That Made Us written by Joan Cruz and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We sprung from a woman's courage, a caring heart and vision so clear With wise words, she had taught us,"How very little can be done under the spirit of fear." So that during times of turmoil, we can rise to be who we need to be,Unseen heroes that are nurses,Nightingale's living legacy. Moments that Made Us is the translucent debut poetry collection of Joan Cruz reaped from her experiences as a nurse. It shares the joys of nursing, heartfelt encounters with patients, and the truths nurses held during the peak of Covid-19. "My unappreciated toil never ceased to exist -I have held motherless newborns, witnessed inglorious ends that came with sudden demise, cried with men unprepared in the face of death, long before the air became sinister." Bold and relevant, it represents the significance of the nursing role in social issues such as mental health, homelessness, substance misuse, and domestic abuse using the craft of verse. Driven by the author's desire to give Nursing the voice and representation it deserves, this debut reflects on the ups and downs of the world of Nursing whilst evoking a sense of urgency to elevate the profession of caring.

Download or read book Cuckoo written by Anita Redman and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nurse for 40 years, most of those based in the community, this is a true account of my interactions with several patients that I got to know well. It is more than a memoir, as it opens awareness to such things as life struggles, mental health issues, death and spirituality. Working with people when they were in need of health services, when they were afraid, anxious, weak or vulnerable, gave me the opportunity to make a difference to them and their family and friends. I quickly learned that my job involved more than completing a procedure or resolving problems, although those were the priority and the goal. Individual behaviour in reaction to a health situation or predicament presented some really interesting observations for me. Thanks to these amazing people, I learned about their coping mechanisms, the strength of personality, humour and denial in reality. As I became more experienced I made it my business to truly seek out what was going on. The trick was not to make it obvious. Trust was the most important factor in my work and this helped me to build close relationships with many of them. However it wasn't always easy or straight forward. Things occasionally went wrong, but more people made a good recovery or went on to another place. All proceeds from the book will be donated to Alzheimers Research uk.

Download or read book On the Streets written by Gina Phelps and published by . This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Year of the Nurse written by Cassandra Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for everyone, nurse or otherwise, who is furious about how 2020 went down -- and how 2021 is going. On April 25th, 2021 at 10:55 in the morning I messaged my chat group of girlfriends from where I work as a nurse on an ICU floor: "Nothing like feeling strongly suicidal at a job where you're supposed to be keeping people alive," and then tweeted that my "mental health wasn't great" and deleted the Twitter app off of my phone because I didn't want to "overshare." That I felt like dying. That I would've rather died than still be at work. I am not alone. In 2020 there were roughly four million nurses in America. Only 2.7 million U.S. soldiers fought in the Vietnam War. Those soldiers who came back from Vietnam having witnessed atrocities-and in some cases, participated in them-were changed forever. You can't send four million people into a wartime-equivalent situation without there being psychological consequences. And yet that's what America has done. Nurses spent a year battling a largely unknown assailant. Running low on gear. Fearing we might bring something deadly home. Getting coughed on by people who pretended that our fights were imaginary, that our struggles-watching people die, day after day, no matter what we did-were literally fake. Nurses are scarred. And unless people understand what we went through and commit to never let anyone lie in the future about public health, we will never become whole. Year of the Nurse: A Covid-19 Pandemic Memoir is Cassandra Alexander's poignant effort to come to grips with suicidal ideation and PTSD after being a covid nurse in an ICU in 2020. Comprised of original essays and her chronological journals, tweets, and emails as she attempted to save lives, including her own-this book will let you experience nursing from the bedside. Come and understand what it was like.