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It’s a crap job now 4. Timewasters, fools and criminals. Pt 2 of 3

Jul 20, 2026

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Continuing ‘Who are the other kinds? A handful of examples.’ 5. Dangerous patients. Not everybody wants to work with these, I grant you, but it’s necessary and some of us are drawn to that kind of work. Calocane was scary but some of us are trained to handle violent patients. In hospital. Locked up. Not…

It’s a crap job now 4. Timewasters, fools and criminals. Pt 1 of 3

Jul 11, 2026

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I think this post describes a violation of natural justice, committed by the DoH and the self-serving managers who bow and scrape to obey their nonsense decisions. Nurses (and others) choose to train and work this job to help people get better. Especially patients who want to get better, who co-operate, who make an effort.…

Seclusion Pt 3

Jul 7, 2026

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Ok, so now you know how impossible the workload becomes when we have to seclude. I’ll write a second post about the additional demands after we give RT. But you don’t know why. And you never will know if you rely on official explanations. This one – from an abstract – is a perfect example.…

Themes you’ll see recurring .. Pt 2.

Jul 3, 2026

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I’m remembering as I write, a funny example of that. (Confronting a pt with their own behaviour) This patient (given a diagnosis of paranoid psychosis but over the several years I nursed him, I concluded it was paranoid personality disorder) was in seclusion for attacking someone. By then, nurses had to conduct regular reviews and…

Themes you’ll see recurring in posts about ‘least restrictive’, seclusion & restraint. Pt 1.

Jun 18, 2026

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1. Crap job. How many people will chose a job where their safety at work is ranked lower, much lower than a patient who chooses to assault, injure, bite, use weapons and so on? Some patients are psychotic, but others are ASPD, BPD, violent criminals, toddlers in an adult’s body, psychopaths, but all are given…

How its become a crap job Pt 3

Jun 10, 2026

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5. Patients, especially inpatients, are much more violent, entitled, addicted, dangerous, personality disordered, protected (*iii) and legally untouchable than they were five, ten, fifteen years ago. I’m an eyewitness. There are clear, cause and effect reasons and explanations for how our useless governments have created a locust-horde of scrotes, addicts, unemployables etc by the truly…

Crap job 3. It isn’t just patient violence ruins the job I

Jun 7, 2026

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It isn’t just violence that saps our spirits. No, it’s also the demoralisation we all feel having our hands tied behind our backs by management, quangos and international bodies like the WHO. I was on duty when a worthless, sectioned wretch, a PD without a drop of mental illness, had been insulting, abusing (*),…

How its become a crap job Pt 2

Jun 4, 2026

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General headings. Job satisfaction. Pay, terms and conditions. The presumption of good faith and innocence. Violence, dangerousness and risk. One policy to rule them all. 1. Salary and non-cash benefits. These include sick pay, a worthwhile pension scheme, discounted staff canteens and restaurants for shift workers (not just 9-5 for suits), time off for doctor…

Mental nursing has become a crap job – intro

May 21, 2026

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I’ve watched, over more than 35 years, while what was a great job (for staff and patients -which I’ll explain and evidence) was deliberately destroyed. Mental nursing is now a crap job and so is nursing assistant or HCA. The proof of the pudding is in the numbers. There aren’t enough people training AND staying…

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