Memoirs of a Student Mental Health Nurse

By Danielle V A Smith

You've read the textbooks. You've done the safeguarding training (25 times). But nothing prepares you for your first time on a Mental Health placement where the staff tell you to "just sit in the lounge," and your name becomes "The Student" until further notice.

This isn't your average nursing memoir. This is a survival guide disguised as confessional chaos - filled with real stories from the frontlines of student mental health nursing in the UK: the good, the traumatising, and the deeply unhinged

From OSCEs that feel like performance art to patients who know your star sign before your surname, from writing trauma-informed essays while actively traumatised to counting cutlery like your career depends on it - this book pulls no punches.

It's brutal. It's Hilarious. It's painfully accurate..

Whether you're a fellow student nurse, fully qualified sad girl in a tunic, or just wondering what really goes on behind those locked doors - welcome to the madness. Bring your lanyard, your coffee, and a coping mechanism. You'll need all three.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FF43MMMT
• ISBN13: 9798289086914
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"