BILLIE39

The US doesnt recognise Mental Health Nursing. It would be better to get into Nursing school in the states. You would have an advantage.

The NHS is such a terrible place to work these days. If you are sick you are sent to a disciplinary. Its funny in England we think we have the right to threaten people back to the workplace even when genuinely sick

Well to those of you who have S O, you are very lucky. When I have bad days at work, it just me. I have nobody to share or vent with at the end of the day.

I would suggest just relax for now and enjoy the pregnancy then wait until after the baby is born. You may have a better vision of how things can turn out for you. Congratulations on your impending bundle of joy:yeah:

Most nurses are professional. The female nurses you are working with sound very unprofessional. What type of clinical setting do you work in lol may I ask.

Here are a few suggestions: CBT Therapist Drug and Alcohol Counsellor Mental Health Advocate Psychotherapist Its not an exhaustive list but hope it helps.:)

I think there is another dynamic to this topic. When we think of professionalisim we tend to think of registered nurses. I have always believed there has always been this war between qualified and unqualified staff. By that I mean CNAs and RNs with each the latter thinking and feeling they can do the job better than the RNs. Sometimes people are denied opportunities to advance and further themselves - i.e I am pretty certain there are a vast majority of CNAs who could have gone on to become RNs - but for whatever reason what not given the opportunity to do so either through circumstance or whatever. After a while people can be overcome with disappointment and bitterness and may take their anger, jealousy and bitterness out on others the classic example can be an older CNA who may resent a newly qualified graduate nurse who has a BN. They may feel hurt and pain and anger that someone else had the opportunity to better themselves yet they didnt, which manifests itself in unprofessional behaviour. I am not saying that all older CNAs behave in this way towards newly qualified graduates. Another example is when a nurse has higher qualifications or is dual qualifed but is working in an enviornment where the majority of nurses may be for example ADN trained and you may be that nurse who has their BSN or even their MSN. So it goes on and on. Again the roots of unprofessional behaviour can often be found in professional jealousy.

I always prefer to work with men. I find women can exhibit some incidious behaviour at times. The professiona has become too dominated by females.

I just disagree patients sexual needs are simply NOT important when their mental state has deteriorated to the point they do NOT know what they are doing

To me sex is secondary - the main concern is to get a patient to concord with their medication and see the value of taking their medication in order for them to live with their mental illness and the symptoms they have with it. The important thing to me is to get a patient to manage their lives successfully and understand the importance of looking after themselves. Sexual need is secondary

Look why are people so down on this poster for quitting their job? What happened there was it abuse of patients that was witnesses or overall poor nursing care? What??

This is the problem the minute you get married or committ to a serious relationship, it seems as if wanting a career etc should go out the window. Thats why I am reluctant to get married or even have children. I dont want any man coming into my life and ruining it by being selfish if I want a career.

Hey just wanted to add, why should u have to consider non-clinical nursing roles if direct patient care is what you want!:)

I think its wonderful to see men entering the nursing profession. Why should we make a big deal about an African American man going into nursing?? - I cant see the hype about that. Its good that black men are thinking of entering the nursing field period. as you Americans like to say on their sentences lol. I mean no offense by that statement by the way.

to the poster who said he felt he was suffering from oestrogen poisioning - that comment made me laugh and i;m a woman lol very funny