nurse

Sharon

As a community mental health nurse with over 30 years experience, I know my patients well and spend a lot of time with them especially when they are unwell. I know what medication or treatments have worked in the past as I may have known them for years. One of my patients had her medication changed and was becoming very ill. I repeatedly asked our consultant to reintroduce her previous medication but was always ignored, my female manager backed me up but was also ignored. In desperation I asked a male colleague (who had only met my patient once) to request the change and it was done immediately. This was not uncommon, many of my female colleagues have experienced the same problem,

Jenny

I went into Urgent Care this morning after being sick for a week. The male nurse doing my intake called me the wrong name three times. After I kept correcting him, he asked if I didn’t want to change my name- the other one was “sexy.”