title: I hope that my time in hospital will make me a better nurse.
abstract: As a surgical nurse, I found my recent admission to hospital for two days difficult. Despite being used to the routines there, I felt a great sense of isolation and of being institutionalised. I had never been an inpatient before.
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom