Keeping the lines of communication open
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Keeping the lines of communication open

Kayleigh Rose McManus Registered mental health nurse, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

How one newly qualified nurse’s novel idea contributed to a successful discharge for a man with schizophrenia

During a placement on an acute mental health ward in the second year of my mental health nursing degree, I helped to care for a service user with schizophrenia, who I will call John.

Nursing Standard. 34, 1, 39-39. doi: 10.7748/ns.34.1.39.s17

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