Accompanying a patient to an outpatient appointment revealed the indignity of an inaccessible toilet and the importance of always treating people with respect
In my second year of nurse training I was on placement in a rehabilitation hospital where I helped to care for a woman in her early sixties, who I will call Helen. Helen was recovering from extensive road accident injuries, including a fractured spine and pelvis, severe bruising and a fractured jaw.
Nursing Standard. 33, 8, 69-69. doi: 10.7748/ns.33.8.69.s19
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