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aussiemags

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  1. Mindfulness Meditation and Buddhism

    aussiemags replied to frellyou's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thanks for the reply. And you're right - getting her to do them would be the hard part. But thanks for the information. At least I have a bit more of an idea what is

  2. Mindfulness Meditation and Buddhism

    aussiemags replied to frellyou's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hey Willy2, What is the TEA form? Would it be any help to my 17 yr old daughter who is going through such a rough time. She has always been an anxious child, now she is in her teens she is struggling....

  3. Share Your Saying

    aussiemags replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Kangaroo loose in the top

  4. Share Your Saying

    aussiemags replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hey my mum used to say that too. And I miss her too. She also used to say "Home Jeeves and dont spare the horses." Some of my favourites: "M" is for mother not for maid. Only dull women have...

  5. Share Your Saying

    aussiemags replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your

  6. Share Your Saying

    aussiemags replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thanks for these - both funny and

  7. Depression...

    aussiemags replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    WOW. Thank you both Babs and Stanley for sharing your story. Mine pales into insignificance (except that it is significant to me). Babs, I love your book title. Maybe patients would regard us more...

  8. Depression...

    aussiemags replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Often it is in finding the words to tell the story that we hear our own truth. Rather than just having random thoughts floating around in our brain when we are forced to make sensible...

  9. Depression...

    aussiemags replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    Babs, your good advice could be just as useful to Elizabeth. Elizabeth, I hope your life is starting to settle a bit. It sounds like too much is happening all at once. Not only are you trying to deal...

  10. Depression...

    aussiemags replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    That's interesting. I find myself posting more in times of stress - a kind of reaching out to others who might understand or at least share part of their lives with me in that we all work in similar...

  11. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Lylesmom - a new author to look out for. "The Sisterhood" sounds like a good place to start. Mind you I do still have a pile of other books that I have sourced from this thread that I want to...

  12. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have wanted to start this thread for ages now. Am sure that if I checked the archives it would be there, but too bad! I love to read and would like to hear from other readers as to their best...

  13. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

  14. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry all you Echo Heron fans out there. I have nearly finished her first book and I am struggling with it. All nurses can relate to the stories she tells and she writes well. BUT I am finding her a...

  15. Depression...

    aussiemags replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    So, its been a few months now. How are things going for you?? Have the nausea and headaches settled?I have often wondered how you were managing. Not just you either, but all the people who opened up...

  16. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

    aussiemags replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am laughing out loud. Not a good look cos I'm out in

  17. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    Fantastic timing. I have recently finished the first in the Outlander series and am about to commence the second book. Great fun and escapism from the rigours of daily life. I also have commenced one...

  18. loneliness and isolation - that agency nurse

    aussiemags posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Does anyone else experience loneliness and feeling a bit isolated? I LOVE agency work - its the best thing I could have done for my career and for me as a person. Since joining the agency 18 months...

  19. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info. Sadly, according to my bank balance, I have already discovered the joys of Amazon.com. !! In fact yesterday a parcel arrived for me containing some of the books listed above eg...

  20. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for this tip. I dont belong to any bookclubs but if I were to join one it would be online. I dont fancy the whole 'getting together' thing myself. I will check out the Advance site in more...

  21. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    They are available here in

  22. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    YES I do remember Julia - hadnt thought about that programme in years. She was a gorgeous African American young single mum with a child who somehow managed to always be kind and compassionate...

  23. how do you relax outside work

    aussiemags posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I feel as if I am going through a stage in my life where nursing seems to occupy too much of my time. My stress levels are rising and it's time to learn to relax. I have rearranged my schedule so I...

  24. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    looking for it as we

  25. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    aussiemags replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    Try "Tears on my pillow" by Narelle Biedermann, the story of Australian nurses in