DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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    Bill Approved to Limit Treatment for Transgender Youth

    DavidFR replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    Amazing Australian documentary on this subject; dates from 2014 but still very pertinent today.
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    Gap in employment matter?

    DavidFR replied to xsoymilk's topic in General Nursing

    I had 2 years out of nursing, attending language school full time when I first came to France and then doing TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). I justified it is as quite simply wanting...
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    Career Change

    DavidFR replied to ICUnurse990's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to avoid shift work consider occupation health in a business or industrial 9-5 setting, or research
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    Is Anonymity Important to You?

    DavidFR replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I put no. I'm in a non-anglophone country and most of my colleagues don't speak English so the likelihood of them ever coming on here is minimal. The site is largely made up of Americans and having...
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    Were you a bully in high school?

    DavidFR replied to Koalified's topic in General Nursing

    I was the victim of homophobic bullying at school (1970s, small Catholic school). Years later as an adult I ran into one of my former bullies and was delighted to discover he was unemployed and had...
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    LOVENOX before procedure

    DavidFR replied to Nurse123456789's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If an anticoagulant or an anti-platelet drug has been given and then the patient needs an invasive procedure, a full blood count and clotting screen can be drawn as an emergency sample pre-op. Some...
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    Explaining Absence During Colleague's Vacation

    DavidFR replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Conciously or subconciously, she's playing a well recognised psychological game called "Why Don't You? Yes But" which is why I haven't responded to this thread thus far and have decided this is the...
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    Her2+ Advice

    DavidFR replied to dreamriderRN's topic in Oncology

    You're asking the impossible question. There is no typical regimen for all cancer patients. Type of tumour? Localisation? Mets? How far advanced? All these things will affect what kind of chemo she's...
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    Employee Health Nurse?

    DavidFR replied to zyxmeg's topic in General Nursing

    Employee health/occupational health varies greatly depending on the structure you work in. What kind of organisation are you going to? I was an occy heath nurse for five years for a large...
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    New to Oncology / First Inpatient Job

    DavidFR replied to brownm27's topic in Oncology

    I echo what I said above - don't stress trying to know everything before you start. Make the most of your orientation period - ask questions left right and centre. Invest in a good haematology...
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    Quarter life crisis? Young, single, depressed, and bored

    DavidFR replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Men in Nursing

    Agree with the poster above who said think of your masters now while you have no commitments. I did mine when I was already partnered and it can sure put a strain on couple life. Get it done now, it...
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    CNA on an Oncology Unit

    DavidFR replied to Shan's topic in Oncology

    Congratulations. Best of
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    An Israeli nurse wants to emigrate

    DavidFR replied to IsraelNurs's topic in Immigration Advice

    As with anybody wanting to emigrate and work as a nurse anywhere, your first port of call is the nursing registration board in the place you want to go to, so for example the NMC for the UK, the...
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    What's something you never expected as a male nurse?

    DavidFR replied to Darth Practicus's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yeah, that's annoying. I resent being called upon for the heavy lifting on the grounds of my gender. I didn't expect that. I may be a man but I'm not a particularly strong one. I also have a...
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    RN's and LVN's-same job/same pay?

    DavidFR replied to msmerrie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we had the same situation in the UK when we had the Enrolled Nurse, a second level nurse who had ony trained for two years as opposed to the stantard RGN (RN) who had trained for three (or in the...
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    The future of work for nurses

    DavidFR replied to Louise Dal's topic in United Kingdom

    Yes, no
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    FDA Warns Against Nitrite "Poppers"

    DavidFR replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Been there too. Wasn't a massive user but did indulge on the dancefloor. As Tweety says, I knew they were probably not good for me but did I care at that age? The follies of youth. In the UK they were...
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    The future of work for nurses

    DavidFR replied to Louise Dal's topic in United Kingdom

    I personally know nothing about it, and I stress I've been gone from the UK 20 years, but I do have contact with nurses still practising in the UK. All they tell me makes me glad I left. I would...
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    The future of work for nurses

    DavidFR replied to Louise Dal's topic in United Kingdom

    I take it you all got the NMC consultation questionnaire on the way to go post Brexit? They feel there is no longer any need to maintain EU standards. British nursing will become even more...
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    Arthritis and Bedside Nursing?

    DavidFR replied to freesia29's topic in General Nursing

    Think of your health! I'm 57 and had a stroke in 2019, thankfully with no decifits other than a mild occular-motor slowness. I was thrombolysed quickly whch saved me from the worst. I'm also...
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    Are nurses really leaving nursing in droves?

    DavidFR replied to Mqshell's topic in General Nursing

    A view fom the other side of the Atlantic. Covid has had a major impact on nurse retention here in France. While turnover was always high in the Paris region, it was actually difficult to get...
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    DavidFR replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    We all do. And so should you. You failing is that you're not doing your job in the alloted time because you're taking on things that aren't your job. Noboby thinks you're supernurse. They...
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    CNA on an Oncology Unit

    DavidFR replied to Shan's topic in Oncology

    Hopefully you'll have some kind of orientation period? Observe. Take notes. Be curious. Ask for supervision if you're about to perform a task you're not sure about. Golden rules: 1)...
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    Sudden issues accessing ports

    DavidFR replied to babyoncnurse's topic in Oncology

    I agree with your co-workers. You genuinely do get slumps. The same as with posing a peripheral IV line. You miss once and it's too easy to panic and think "Oh my I'll never site an IV/access a port...
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    Managers-Do You Miss Being a Clinician/Bedside?

    DavidFR replied to CVVH's topic in General Nursing

    Echo the thoughts above being also an ex-manager who went back to clinical rôles and loves being back with patients. Everyone is different. Management wasn't for me but it was a valuable...