>>Secure units...
Miss Z did a stint after she first qualified at a mental health unit in the south.
There was very little protection for staff and some of the female patients were terrifying, in that they plotted action to hurt or injure whilst the males were either violent or not and you could just avoid the violent ones.
Strip panic alarms that go along the walls were not in all rooms and patients knew it.
>>She now is a mental health nurse in the community. I'd say they are quite brave as she often
>>visits pretty sick people alone, she just has to call in before she goes in and again when she
>> comes out. If anything did happen I imagine there could be quite a time lag before anyone
>>noticed, and even longer before help arrived.
Miss Z has done accompanied visits to mental health patients at their homes just after she qualified. One of her trainers had two phones; his smart iPhone and a cheap Nokia on an unlimited SIM. Against all the rules he would make a call before he went in and left the phone on through the visit. He would not say who he called but the reasons as to why were obvious.
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