Reggie Aquilina

Reggie Aquilina has 25 years experience and specializes in Orthopaedics.

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1. Are Nurses inspired by their profession?

   Reggie Aquilina replied to Reggie Aquilina's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks a lot for that. I feel that we still lack the transformational/resonant style of leadership and its still mostly transactional in our case. People are still afraid to take calculated risks...

2. Are Nurses inspired by their profession?

   Reggie Aquilina posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi Everyone, I was wondering about the situation of Nurses around the world at present in relation to motivational factors. My work as a Practice Development Nurse in Malta has a lot to do with such...

3. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

   Reggie Aquilina replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I was not born with an urge to be a nurse and just sort of drifted into the job because I could not find another one at the time. However I find human beings fascinating and one of my personal...

4. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

   Reggie Aquilina replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Hi I think the issue of backstabbing and lateral violence is something that is endemic everywhere. Personally I believe that we still harbor a scarcity mentality rather than an abundance mentality....

5. Guys- what made you want to become a nurse?

   Reggie Aquilina replied to glamgalRN's topic in Men in Nursing

   Hi guys, In the country where I come from (Malta) we have a 50% ration of male to female nurses so for us it's no big deal. Like a few of you I did not have an 'enlightened' moment. It was initially...

6. 22 Affordable Ways for Nurses to De-Stress

   Reggie Aquilina replied to lolalolacherrycola's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I agree with you Lola We tend to forget the importance of caring for ourselves and that's really important if we want to create resilience and master ourselves. Sometimes when I look at the stress of...