Clinical placement in an acute mental health unit: reflections of a student's trip to Australia

In June 2011 I was given the opportunity by
the University of Huddersfield to travel to
Australia for a one-month nursing placement.
This enabled me to understand mental health
nursing from a different perspective.
This is a reciprocal exchange agreement with
Monash University that has been available since
2009 (Singh et al, 2009). It was the opportunity
of a lifetime for me, and of course being a
student with minimal funds I said yes.