So you’re a Newt? Really? ibid. Williams & Hawtrey
... And I was a Tadpole for three years before that. ibid. Hawtrey
What Pond do you belong to? ibid. Williams
We swear to uphold the noble code of the Grand Order of Newts ... ibid.
Is it about last night? Right, I can explain that, Sister, how it came about. Right, I can explain that, Sister ... You know what us girls are like when we get together ... It was just for the crack, Sister. No, Sister. [giggles] Oh my God! The crack! The Catherine Tate Show s1e2, Bernie the Nurse, BBC 2004
What I tend to do is, I give ’em [sheets] a good sniff and if they’re not too whiffy I just leave ’em on for another couple of days. The Catherine Tate Show, Bernie to Carol
I’m sorry I’m late, Sister. I know you said nine o’clock but I went out for a curry with the lads last night and it turned into a bit of a late one, if you know what I mean. Do you mind if I take me coat off; I’m sweating beef madras in here ... How often do I change my uniform? Well I sometimes put a bit of tinsel in me hat at Christmas. The Catherine Tate Show s1e6
Sorry I’m late, Mr Hicks. But I’ve got a bit of a personal problem for which I was told to apply live yoghurt. Well I could only find a Crunch Corner so you can imagine the chaffing I’ve had all morning. The Catherine Tate Show s2e2, Bernie
Well hi. How’s it going? Been here long? Oh, you may as well bed yourself for the night then. Oh I didn’t mean with me. God, I’m not easy! I can see I’m gonna have to keep my eye on you, aren’t I! No I mean we’re really understaffed at the moment. Sorry my manners, would you like a rhubarb and custard? ... It’s nice to have something to suck on in between blanket baths. The Catherine Tate Show, Bernie
They don’t allow pets in here but I’ve had a cock or two. ibid. Bernie
Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles. International Council of Nurses
I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung. Kate Smith
Thousands of Caribbean and African women whose contributions down the years has largely gone unnoticed. They have helped create and sustain the NHS for sixty years. They looked after us even at the expense of caring for their own families. The nation has much to thank them for. Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS, BBC 2016
The country needed help to repair the damage of war. ibid.
‘There were not enough nurses to do the job.’ ibid.
‘Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me!’ ibid.
‘That’s who I am: a black woman who happened to be a nurse.’ ibid.
A background of racial violence and abuse. ibid.
Many black nurses and midwives found life easier when they gravitated to the inner cities. ibid.
‘Work hard, play hard, you get on with life.’ ibid.
One very bad man has a very different idea about what it means to heal … When police compare the medical charges to the nursing schedules everything points to one suspect. Very Bad Men s3e17: To Kill and Kill Again
Orville Lynn Majors … Potassium injections … A killer is stalking the corridors of the local [Indiana] hospital … Majors is arrested and charged with seven counts of murder. ibid.
I am a dental nurse … I’ve been redeployed to work in a ward treating solely Covid-19 patients. There’s been no inductions or courses or mentor to shadow me. 2020: The Story of US, woman, ITV 2021
‘What we were seeing was a trail of death.’ The Enemy Within: Charles Cullen: Killing for Kindness, rozzer, Sky Crime 2021
‘I don’t believe I had that right but I did it anyway. But I couldn’t stop myself.’ ibid. Cullen
‘He was cold. He was controlling. It was all about him.’ ibid. criminologist
One of the most prolific murderers in American history was a nurse. Between 1988 and 2003 at least forty people died at the hands of a killer … across nine different hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania by administering fatal levels of medication. ibid.
When a batch of contaminated IV bags were discovered, Cullen became the number one suspect. ibid.
The early ’50s saw a massive recruitment drive for nurses; they came from across the world, from the West Indies to Ireland, part of an unprecedented period of immigration that bolstered both the NHS and the British economy. Tony Robinson’s History of Britain s2e3: 1950s, Channel 5 2022
The nurses are going on strike. Which means I’m going to have to go back to getting my prostate examined by that drifter in Asda car park. Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, BBC 2022
This statue of pioneering black nurse Mary Seacole … in south London … despite much opposition … A sign of things to come? David Harewood, In the Shadow of Mary Seacole, ITV 2022
A Jamaican woman who did something quite extraordinary over 160 years ago … who paid her own way to the frontline of the Crimean War in 1855 and helped wounded soldiers just off the battlefield. ibid.
Now the enormous bronze statue is finally ready to be unveiled … ibid.
‘She brightened the lives of the people around her. Especially soldiers who were often sick and dying.’ ibid. expert
A nurse had been convicted of murdering babies. So what turned Lucy Letby into a serial killer? Panorama: Lucy Letby: The Nurse Who Killed, BBC 2023
The doctor who tried to raise the alarm … Doctor’s couldn’t find a medical connection between the deaths. But in all five cases, Lucy Letby was on duty. ibid.
It wasn’t just the five unexpected deaths that were creating suspicion. Another five babies almost died on the unit in unusual circumstances over the same period. Lucy Letby was present each time. Then, in February 2016, a consultant says he saw her standing and watching when a baby seemed to have stopped breathing. ibid.
‘There’s no communication from senior managers in the Trust.’ ibid. senior consultant
He [senior consultant] asked her [senior manager] to stop Lucy Letby working. The manager refused. ibid.
She was finally removed from the neonatal unit three weeks later. The suspicious incidents stopped. ibid.
Why would she? Why would a nurse whose job it was to care for babies murder and harm them in the hospital where she worked? Channel 4 news report August 2023
Should she have been stopped sooner? ibid.