Both involve caring for people in a vulnerable situation.
Both involve being responsible and not abusing the person you could do - if you wished.
What are your thoughts please.
Thanks.
2007-09-26 13:58:23 · 9 answers · asked by .j 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Wow, what a great question.
I have worked in a prison and a mental hospital.
Most of the nurses are great, but some of them are either totally burned out or they were evil to begin with. I know of some really horrible and mean nurses.
I'm a bit biased because I went to nursing school and the nurse in charge of our psych rotation was really out to get me. Apparently I said or did something she didn't like and she did everything she could to get me kicked out. I was the only male in the class and she was generally pretty nice to all the female students. One thing she did was to write me up for wearing sandals when she also wore sandals. The only dress code was to "dress like you normally would, but girls, please don't dress sexy." She made up a whole bunch of other stuff to get me in trouble over. I got kicked out. I threatened to sue her and the school; it turned out the college handbook said people who were being kicked out had a "probationary period" which they didn't give for me. I never went through with the lawsuit, because I found out that nurse was "no longer in the program" and I also found out they had updated the handbook. I felt she got rid of me, and I got rid or her, so we were even.
Later, the same woman was put on "administrative leave" because she covered up for another nurse who slapped a patient--she may be in the process of being fired. If there is a God, this woman should lose her license.
When I worked for the prison, I honestly never noticed any signs of abuse from the guards. The prisoners could free lawyers and they were constantly filing seemingly frivilous lawsuits for alleged abuse. For example, a prisoner sued the doctor for giving him a rectal examination--the prisoner said it gave him Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
2007-09-26 14:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by majnun99 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I went into nursing to be the complete opposite of sadistic, I want to make a difference and help people. However there are bad people out there that maybe do experience pleasure through someone else's pain, but i would say the majority are not nurses, I havent worked in a prison, however have worked in a forensic unit, which is basically like a secure setting for offenders with mental health problems, i have never seen any abuse or unessasary action taken against people. I think the real question is here is that people with mental health problems whether in hospital or prison, can display problematic and disurbing behaviour, and can pose harm to both staff and other patients. (NOT ALL PATIENTS) staff have to protect those vulnerable people, so restraining techniques are used and medication, also i know these techniques can be abused however i have never come across it.
I have been part of restraining someone, they do not get hurt, it is not brutal and they are not beaten up. We are trained how to do these procedures to cause the minimum discomfort the the person. I have heard of people dying from restraint, but it would be interesting to find the statistics, because restraint has to be used on a daily basis in some settings.
There are always going to be horror stories in the media which may be true, there are imperfections in every profession however they never seem to focus on all the patients that make a good recovery due to our help and support.
People do not understand that people are the most complicated things in the world, even more so when they are experiencing a mental health problem, I have met some very brave nurses in mental health and the forensic setting who have been hurt, but that is never put in the local paper. I have also spoke to patients who have thanked us for stopping them from harming others as they were unaware of what they were doing at the time.
2007-09-27 05:30:25 · answer #2 · answered by Me 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never been in prison, so I can't comment on that one. On the whole, mental health nurses do a very good job under often stressful situations. There are a few bad apples, but I think sadistic is maybe too strong a word. Over-use of authority and power can be a problem in a minority of cases though. This leads to the patient feeling helpless and frightened. There tends to be quite a few control freaks too, a few of whom seem to gain pleasure from there position of power, so maybe a tad sadistic.
2007-09-26 21:12:50 · answer #3 · answered by Moofunk 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I n the case of prison officers i wouldn't use the word sadistic
i would say that in a few cases it is thoughtlessness,
ignorance,misunderstanding and not having enough knowledge of others downfalls,and unlike nurses the prison has little or no training in this field you can also include police officers. i fortunately had a good understanding with people i dealt with. hpoe this helps
scotty
2007-09-27 00:54:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ha!
Nurses are in a position that is supposed to care for their patients.
Prison Officers are there to guard criminals.
Nurses have an obligation to treat their charges with decency, respect and kindness.
The people that Prison Officers guard are the criminal element and while they don't deserve decency, respect and kindness they are still looked after.
Most nurses DO care for the people in their care but the evil ones get most of the media attention.
Most Prison Officers Do look after the PRISONERS in their care but the ones who are trouble decide they want to use Human Rights to sue and get their own way.
My father was a Prison Officers who had to deal with murderers, rapists and god knows what else for 35 years.
That is, until 1 of the inmates broke my fathers back with a chair.
My dad gets a medical pension and had a reasonable payout from the Prison Service. The con that did it was not charged or face any prosecution because he was deemed mentally ill and incapable of facing trial.
As a prisoner you should forfeit ALL rights including being treated with decency, respect and kindness..
2007-09-26 21:21:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
My sister is a prison officer and she is the most kindest generous person i know. She told me how she fought to get an HIV + inmate treatment as no other officers cared. I think it all depends on the person not the job role.
2007-09-27 20:14:06 · answer #6 · answered by jay boy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've been to prison six times so you would think i would hate prison officers, but honestly i've never met a sadistic one. Lazy one's yes, moody one's yes but sadistic i would have to say no.
2007-09-26 21:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
Not a fan of authority figures are you? I think you are completely oblivious to the other side of this subject. If I were you I'd do a bit of research on this issue before looking this naive on Answers again.
2007-09-26 21:21:45 · answer #8 · answered by The Oak 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
In my opinion, both are the same. They both play the we and they game. They both dehumanize others in order to justify their abuse. They both go out of their way to find reasons to dispose of them with medical straight jackets (medications) and or intimidation tactics (to have less responsibilities).
Its a profession that I wouldn't want to admit I had.
2007-09-26 21:07:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋