title: Riding the emotional rollercoaster.
abstract: My first placement as a first-year mental health nursing student was on a surgical ward. I read the placement profile and felt I was as prepared as I could be, but being so new to nursing, I had not anticipated the emotions I would feel.
authors.affiliation: Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milliken