DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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About DavidFR

DavidFR has 39 years experience as a BSN, MSN, RN and specializes in Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health.


English trained nurse, British born of Ukrainian/Italian origins, now a naturalised Frenchman. Very much an internationalist!

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  1. DavidFR

    To Nurses Who Bully: A Message That Needs to Be Heard

    Agree entirely, but I would add that there are good ways of correcting people and not so good ways of doing
  2. DavidFR

    To Nurses Who Bully: A Message That Needs to Be Heard

    Amen.
  3. I think the fact that you've posted shows that you have regrets and you realise this was not OK. Try to disentangle and distance yourself as much as you can. This man is not your friend. In...
  4. DavidFR

    Returning to Nursing after a year away

    I came back to acute nursing after a two year absence. I soon got back into the swing of IVs and all the rest of it. Don't stress. It's like riding a bike. You haven't forgotten
  5. DavidFR

    Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse

    I take your point. A 6-9 month training programme sounds great. Given the dire job situation I would say go for it. Sounds a great opportunity. Sounds like you have a clear plan for eventually...
  6. DavidFR

    Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse

    My personal feeling is that as a newly qualified nurse the best first post is getting the feel of a "general" ward - something that falls under the umbrella of a "medical ward" or a "surgical ward"...
  7. DavidFR

    US to Italy

    I take your point and I agree that one shouldn't arrive in a new country with dreamy ideas and expect it to be peaches and cream. It's hard, of course it's hard. Where I disagree with you is that...
  8. DavidFR

    US to Italy

    I have zero experience of nursing in Italy, or living there. However I would say in response to the above post that not everybody goes to work in another country for the money. There are such...
  9. DavidFR

    12-Hour Shifts Led to Fatal Crash

    It is actutally entrenched in French law that night workers should a) receive a free meal on duty and b) workload permitting be allowed some time to rest, even though we're paid the whole 12 hours....
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    "I've lived here all my life"

    Sad story. Before nursing school I was a nursing assistant in a psychiatric hospital in the early 1980s in the UK. "Care in the community" was only just being talked about and there were still...
  11. DavidFR

    12-Hour Shifts Led to Fatal Crash

    The issue here I believe is not the 12 hour shift but the fact that it was after a night shift. Working nights is not nomal and the fatigue you experience is different to a typical end of the day...
  12. DavidFR

    Lucy Letby Conviction Crumbling?

    There is also the fact that in such an understaffed unit Letby did lots of overtime so was on duty very often, and as a more experienced permanent member of staff would have the sicker babies under...
  13. You hit the nail on the head. Agree 100%. You need to stand up yourself and show you won't take any old rubbish from anyone. I experienced some bullying behavious in my early career. Then I...
  14. Such a law has just been passed here in France by an absolute majority in Parliament. Basically it better defines the scope of professional practice, taking into account the evolution of the...
  15. DavidFR

    Reflecting last day shift

    This is where our systems differ. Here I DO have the right to hold insulin providing I justify my actions and monitor appropriately