Gerry Hastie's guest appearances

Gerry Hastie

History of Psychiatry Podcast Series

William Cowper

Alice Hill

Chris Williams

John Ross

Uta Frith

Rory O'Connor

Danny Smith

Ruth Allen

Chris Frith

Hugh Blair

John Phillip

Fionnuala Williams

Herman Charles Merivale

James Boswell

Hannah Allen

OwlTail

Gerry Hastie trained between 1993-96, when nurse training programmes were changing from being delivered by the Local Health Authority to Higher Education. He has always been a mental health nurse and has worked in care home settings, long term in-patient care settings, acute admissions, addictions and the community.In this podcast he illustrates his personal journey to doing what he does, and what it takes to be a mental health nurse, focusing on values and personal qualities; skills and different remits and the many roles taken on by nurses with patients, their families and colleagues. Nurses are simultaneously therapists, advocates, teachers and researchers who within their own training and skill set but whose work is essential with other professionals.  He offers a perspective on what makes nursing unique and how nurses complement the multi-disciplinary team.Finally, Gerry tries to step outside and looks into his profession as an observer and use examples from clinical experience and popular culture to imagine what the public think mental health nurses do.

Gerry Hastie trained between 1993-96, when nurse training programmes were changing from being delivered by the Local Health Authority to Higher Education. He has always been a mental health nurse and has worked in care home settings, long term in-patient care settings, acute admissions, addictions and the community.<br><br>In this podcast he illustrates his personal journey to doing what he does, and what it takes to be a mental health nurse, focusing on values and personal qualities; skills and different remits and the many roles taken on by nurses with patients, their families and colleagues. Nurses are simultaneously therapists, advocates, teachers and researchers who within their own training and skill set but whose work is essential with other professionals.  He offers a perspective on what makes nursing unique and how nurses complement the multi-disciplinary team.<br><br>Finally, Gerry tries to step outside and looks into his profession as an observer and use examples from clinical experience and popular culture to imagine what the public think mental health nurses do.

Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts - Mental Health Nursing, Gerry Hastie