Nurses at The Park stop work over lack of security
. . . and here's the comment to that story I submitted to The Courier Mail:
Queensland Health is a disgrace. I'm a mental health nurse (RN), and I work in an acute psychiatric unit a stone's throw from The Park Centre for Mental Health (they often send us their too-disturbed patients). One of our very experienced, gentle and completely professional male nurses is going through hell (and huge legal fees), because he was accused of "Assaulting" a large, violent male patient who had first thumped him, and many others. He was told (in writing), that he wasn't entitled to "Natural justice" and forbidden from talking to his colleagues. Further, no nurse manager even bothered to speak to him first before he was suspended. As a result, the unit is now extremely dangerous because after seeing what has happened to their colleague, no-one is willing to restrain violent patients. Further still, even though management are aware of this ongoing and dangerous situation, they're ignoring it and refusing to do anything about it.
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