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I then transferred to a full-time position as a psych nurse in a ward in 1997 and worked there until 2003, when I decided to retire.

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, each year there are on average 520 mental health-related hospitalizations per 100,000 Canadians aged 15 years or older.

Smith and Timmerman have continued with their nursing careers, working in psych wards in Dubuque and Peoria, Illinois, where they say conditions are different.

Mental health institutions, such as psych hospital wards, require new and innovative approaches in service delivery models, since current perceptions remain negative and stigmatizing.

The suspect — who police say was Baker Acted for psychiatric issues — was brought to Palms West, even though it does not have a psychiatric ward. "Palms West does not have psychiatry.