predatory criminal or TBI patient?

i'm sitting in mental health this morning, and my teacher brings up the code white incident from yesterday. she was upset because she felt like her students were in danger, which is understandable. she encouraged us to talk about what happened with the rest of the class. (five of us were there, the other 15 were at other clinical sites) i don't say anything, but two of the girls do. the first one doesn't even wait for my teacher to finish her sentence, and jumps in with how the kid made all these sexual innuendos to her, and then would follow with, "just kidding." the other would elaborate, "man, i don't even know how i jumped over that desk to get the phone..." and both egged each other on, happy to be in the spotlight and dishing out all the juicy details.

yes, he was endangering others, including patients.
yes, he was inappropriate with his comments and actions.
yes, i agree that maybe a rehab unit is not the best place for him to be.

but he is still a patient...not someone to criticize and judge and talk about restraining like some predatory criminal. after he was in soft restraints, tied to his bed, he actually said, "thank you..." almost as if he was aware of how out of line he was being, but didn't know how to control himself.

did no one else see that this is a young kid, stuck on a unit with a bunch of people several times his age, all of whom are recuperating from strokes and brand new hips, who is becoming increasingly agitated because he has nothing to do? he walked from person to person, and literally begged to help. and as each person shrugged him off and walked away, he became more upset.

i totally agree with my teacher, and i appreciate that she's so protective of us. maybe i'm more sensitive about the TBI thing because of Iraq and because of a close family member that had a bad brain injury when i was young, but it was hard sitting there listening to comments about this patient.

what if all nurses treated patients with brain injuries this way?