garro

garro has 12 years experience and specializes in General surgical/ trauma/ agency nursing.

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1. Bullying in nursing

   garro replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

   Chicookie, you are scaring me! Only joking. Good for you. Bullies seem to seek out the quite ones.

2. Are you a nurse who writes for a living?

   garro replied to precious01's topic in General Nursing

   Hi precious1, I write mostly memoir. Good luck Paul

3. Bullying in nursing

   garro posted a topic in General Nursing

   There sometimes seems to be a lot of bullying in nursing or maybe that is just my experience. I do agency back in Ireland and many of the nurses there complain about it in certain hospitals; it seems to be 'old-school' nurses doing most of the bullyi...

4. Using mindfulness training to deal with the stress of nursing

   garro replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, meditation can be totally life changing.

5. Using mindfulness training to deal with the stress of nursing

   garro replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

   opps, that should read one stage

6. Using mindfulness training to deal with the stress of nursing

   garro replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe this was a natural to deal with the world for us all at one stag Good luck

7. Are you a nurse who writes for a living?

   garro replied to precious01's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nurse who also writes, but I barely make money out of it. I don't usually write about nursing though. I have had one book published and another book is due out next year. I would love to write full-time but it's a tough old business.

8. Be Tough or Wimp Out?

   garro replied to maggieslove1976's topic in General Nursing

   I wouldn't agree to do anything unless you feel competent. Speak to your managers about your concerns. Most importantly, document everything. good luck.

9. Using mindfulness training to deal with the stress of nursing

   garro replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

   You are lucky Leslie. I find that being mindful takes a bit of effort sometimes.

10. Using mindfulness training to deal with the stress of nursing

    garro replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you moggie. If you do a google search for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction you will find tons of stuff about it. There is even videos on YouTube and Google video. I think meditation is really worth effort and there is a lot of evidence to sup...

11. Using mindfulness training to deal with the stress of nursing

    garro replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

    I think exercise can be great for stress too.

12. Using mindfulness training to deal with the stress of nursing

    garro posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi this is my first post on the forum. I live in Thailand, but nurse in Ireland for two or three months of the year. I am very interested in the topic of nursing and stress and how meditation can ease this. Here is an article I wrote on the subject; ...