Presenters

• Honorific:
• Credentials: RN, BSN, MSN
• Job Title: Assistant Teaching Professor
• Bio:

  Maggie has a passion for mental health nursing and has been working in this field since 2006. She has held various nursing positions throughout BC (Prince George, Vancouver and Chilliwack) including inpatient psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, community mental health, crisis intervention and group therapy. Maggie has clinical expertise working with individuals in crisis and individuals living with mood and anxiety disorders. She has a special interest in student mental health and wellness and is an advocate for mental health awareness in university settings. Always striving to share her enthusiasm for mental health, Maggie has instructed nursing students at UBC, UFV and now TRU. Maggie also enjoys spending time outdoors and exploring the creeks, fields and forests on her property in Logan Lake.

• Topic: Strategies to Build Resilience and Promote Wellness in the Face of Uncertainty
• Presentation Synopsis:

  Join Maggie Shamro, Assistant Teaching Professor from TRU’s School of Nursing as she introduces participants to strategies that will build resilience and promote wellness in the face of uncertainty. Maggie will define resilience, explore the current uncertainties in our healthcare environment that can put a strain on our ability to be resilient, and discuss the importance of responding to uncertainty with awareness rather than avoidance. Specific strategies for building self-awareness, self-compassion, mindfulness, and managing heightened or complex emotions will be introduced. Maggie clarifies that resilience does not mean that difficult or uncertain times don’t affect you; true resilience means having the ability to recognize and respond to these times in a way that honours how you are truly feeling.