Patients relish a meal break, says Jane Bates
There is nothing like the bond you establish with fellow inmates on a hospital ward. In days gone by, it often came about by the mutual flouting of rules – patients would act as lookouts for each other when a sneaky fag or a slug of something forbidden and alcoholic was being enjoyed in the loo. ‘Hello nurse!’ they would bellow, looking rather shifty, and you knew someone was up to something.
Nursing Standard. 30, 9, 24-25. doi: 10.7748/ns.30.9.24.s25
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