DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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    So any good Books you would recommend?

    DavidFR replied to guest1163268's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Interesting selection. Have only read 2 of the 35: Krakauer's "Into The Wild" which I did enjoy, and Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things" which absolutely has to be read. Intrigued by his...
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    Is being greedy by taking lots of shifts bad?

    DavidFR replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    There's a great old saying: "Make hay while the sun shines." That's what you've done. No harm in that. You've earned extra money honestly and helped out your employer and more importantly, your...
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    NURSING IS A TOXIC CAREER!

    DavidFR replied to QualityRN's topic in General Nursing

    I find it very sad that in the largest economy in the world, people are scared to leave jobs becasue they couldn't afford healthcare otherwise. Our system is far from perfect, but every time I...
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    Narc error

    DavidFR replied to Guest1167840's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you should have signalled it at the time to prove you're not trying to cover anything, however as far as I can see this is an administrative error not a drug error. Provided the drug was...
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    Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    DavidFR replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is key. I've used AN on and off since 2004. I don't take the internet too seriously. There are posters I like but they're not my friends since I don't actually know them. I did...
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    New RN Age

    DavidFR replied to Kooper48's topic in General Nursing

    No. I was 42 when I came back to bedside nursing having had time out doing other things. I'm still at it at 57. Yes fatigue is more of an issue as you get older, but I'm still managing (on night duty...
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    National DNA Day

    DavidFR replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Found Yablunivka on the map. My dad was from further north, a village called Szybalyn very close to Berezhany. He fled at the beginning of the war as a 19 year old nationalist and wasn't allowed home...
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    National DNA Day

    DavidFR replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    The company I used was called MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/dna They are based in the US. I can only seem to find the page with the pricing in Euros but I'm sure that's because I'm...
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    Incompatible IV Meds

    DavidFR replied to nurse2bguy555's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how you stand legally in the US but here in France it's us nurses who schedule the timing. So if for example a drug is prescribed 4 times a day it may be scheduled for 6h, 12h, 18h and...
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    Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    DavidFR replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say I'm "scared" of any particular patients. I've always approached the unknown as an opportunity to learn and if I don't know I'll ask. I don't partcularly "like" looking after patients...
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    National DNA Day

    DavidFR replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure I'd celebrate National DNA day, but yes, hasn't DNA technology given us some major scientific breakthroughs? On the fun side, who else has done one of those DNA tests to chart their...
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    For pagan nurses, is "Happy solstice" the right expression?

    DavidFR replied to vetpharmtech's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Atheist point of view here, coming rather late to this thread. I don't get uptight about people wishing me Merry Christmas since in our society it's all around us. People in normal jobs will have...
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    Power: A Professional Responsibility

    DavidFR replied to MBar1's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Have you come accross this? https://www.jstor.org/stable/42857837?seq=1 Sam Porter's excellent paper "Contra-Foucault: Soldiers, Nurses and Power" Hasn't dated and remains the most...
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    The Wage Gap Myth

    DavidFR replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

    I can't speak for the US but in the two countries I've worked in (the UK and France) it would be illegal not to pay men and women the same wage for the same grade. HOWEVER where the gender pay...
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    Coworkers Turning On Heavy Metal and Rock Music In the Dining Room For Elderly Residents

    DavidFR replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Is this the same facility where your co-workers go around opening all the windows in patient rooms in Arctic temperatures? Sack the lot of them and start
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

    DavidFR replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Is this possibly the result of a lifetime's frustration of nursing manifesting itself? All those times we want to give more but we can't because we're short staffed, lacking resources, underfunded,...
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    How many jobs have you had in your career?

    DavidFR replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Moved about alot at the beginning of my career - this was encouraged at the time in the UK to encourage polyvalence. Started in 1982 as a nursing auxilliary (nurse's aide) in psychiatry....
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    National Siblings Day

    DavidFR replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    One older sister was what's called an ODA in the UK (Operating Department Assistant). I'm not sure this exists anywhere else - a two year training leading to a state qualification allowing you to be a...
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    Best Countries to Relocate as US New Grad RN?

    DavidFR replied to HairyPoppins's topic in International Nursing

    I would say get some experience in your home country first. I have heard of two new grads from the UK coming directly to work in France and they neither of them stayed. The difference in system...
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    Medications Mixing and Nasogastric Feeding Tubes

    DavidFR replied to kjeanw's topic in General Nursing

    I look at it this way, I'm on multiple medications which I just take in one go and they all get swilled down together. They're all down there interacting in my stomach. No issue. I don't see any...
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    "Thank you for your service"

    DavidFR replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't something you'd be routinely thanked for here in France, ditto military personnel. However, exceptionally during the first Covid wave when we were all on lockdown and everybody was very...
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    Circumcision and numbing

    DavidFR replied to cody elliott's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with your sentiments Dani, however it isn't me working in the paediatrician's office, it's the OP. I simply asked why this has become a cultural norm in the US. I understand the...
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    Circumcision and numbing

    DavidFR replied to cody elliott's topic in General Nursing

    We can only respect cultural norms if we understand them which is why I ask the question. We're also not obliged to respect cultural norms we disagree with, for example in some cultures female...
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    Central lines v PICCs

    DavidFR replied to Catherine Mackey's topic in General Nursing

    The only judgement I will make is that you're a very smart, conscientious nurse to ask a question when you're not sure. We're all inexperienced with something until we experience it. No shame in...
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    Circumcision and numbing

    DavidFR replied to cody elliott's topic in General Nursing

    Why??????