Student Nursing Times Podcast Episode 4 from 2012.

When students start a course in nursing many believe that they should fear the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). It’s thought that at the slightest hint of indiscretion, the NMC could send out their agents to bundle you into the back of a car and begin their McCarthy-style hearings - “are you now, or have you ever been a member of a social networking site?”

During my community placement I had seen patients with a wide variety of different conditions and social situations, but one in particular presented quite a dilemma for me.

As a student nurse, issues surrounding mental health are never far away.