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I remember Elaine Ngatai so well. She was one of the patients I had worked with so many times before. She was a truly unhappy woman, but we could never find out exactly why. We knew her marriage had broken up, we knew her neighbors hated her and egge...

After reading through all this and having a think - I would suggest going to med/surg for a year if you are not totally sure that you want to do Psychiatric Nursing. As others have said, you do tend to get put into a "box" in the system once you go ...

What a wonderful story :) It is indeed small things, and bending the rules the way you did, that can really matter to patients.

Very touching and well written - it is often the stories people tell with their eyes that really hit home. Thank you :)

Thank you to everyone for the encouragement j I am not sure that Ms Ngatai would have done better if she had a more approachable psychiatrist – she would not communicate with anyone at all, apart from the bare essentials. Some patients do indeed look...

What an amazing and inspiring story - very touching too. All the best to you :)

Matua is not his real name, it is a Maori term meaning father, used for a Maori gentleman who is 50+ and respected in the eyes of the community. A lot of the staff call him that, whether they are Maori or New Zealand Europeans. Matua believes that I ...