Starting out - My outburst upset colleagues, but i expect high standards
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Starting out - My outburst upset colleagues, but i expect high standards

Barbara Grohs Nursing student, Anglia Ruskin University

I was accompanying the staff nurse on a drug round when I overheard two members of staff whispering about a patient found covered in faeces. One of them asked me if I could attend to a patient in one of the side rooms.

Nursing Standard. 22, 22, 29-29. doi: 10.7748/ns.22.22.29.s33

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