DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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    Antibiotic vs Blood

    DavidFR replied to AJpcvRN's topic in Oncology

    Would probably have done as you did. Was the patient taking orally? Could he have had a dose of oral vanc - not ideal but perhaps better than a missed dose. Could you have given the vanc straight...
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    Ideas for a non-nursing Master's Degree?

    DavidFR replied to Ride19's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought of Medical Sociology? I chose this for a masters. I loved it and found I could apply it to health care, while at the same time it give me a lot of other things to think of that...
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    Chemotherapy administration

    DavidFR replied to pcarmichael's topic in Oncology

    The Royal Marsden Manuel is something of a bible in the UK:
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    Port o cath help

    DavidFR replied to NurseStacey143's topic in Oncology

    Ask an experienced nurse to watch you. Sometimes it's not your technique but a Port-a-cath that's already blocked, buckled over, damaged etc. I personally think they are more trouble than they're...
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    What is the weirdest thing someone has been admitted to the hospital for?

    DavidFR replied to SweetsRN522's topic in General Nursing

    When I was an Occ. Health nurse, we would be called out to "emergencies" around the organisation. I once got called to an "emergency" in a conference hall (I worked for a large international...
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    Male nurse crying!!!

    DavidFR replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I work in oncology. You would certainly get humanity from me, but you would never get my tears. They're reserved for family and friends. How about we just agree to differ? I wish you all the best in...
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    Male Nurse Characteristics

    DavidFR replied to MusicEMT's topic in Men in Nursing

    No No No Agree, and this wise statement shows that already you don't buy into any sexist stereotypes about men in nursing. Continue like this and you'll do fine. Good luck in your new
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    Male nurse crying!!!

    DavidFR replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    OCN admits to having done something I personally find unacceptable in front of a patient or relative, and hence I judge that, yes. In expanding my assumptions to others you will note I used phrases...
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    Thinking of leaving management to return to bedside nursing

    DavidFR replied to bboopRN4's topic in General Nursing

    Your career doesn't necessarily have to be a linear trajectory of onwards and upwards. You do what interests you and makes you happy. I've taken sidesteps and downgrades and never regretted my...
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    Male nurse crying!!!

    DavidFR replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    You claim I don't read well and then you contradict that 100% by re-iterating that you have shed a tear with patients. That no family has ever tried to console you or complained about you doesn't mean...
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    Male nurse crying!!!

    DavidFR replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Evidently you don't succeed if you cry over them. Patients and families have enough to worry about without the added worry of "ooh, the poor nurse who's done so much for me is upset now" Especially...
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    Speaking foreign languages

    DavidFR replied to wanderlust99's topic in General Nursing

    thank you i stand corrected. big mouth acknowledged! this passed me by. i found this very interesting:
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    Is there anything good that being a nurse has taught you???

    DavidFR replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever
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    Speaking foreign languages

    DavidFR replied to wanderlust99's topic in General Nursing

    I think there needs to be flexibility and understanding on both sides here. I've been on both sides of this coin, being an Englishman who worked with foreign nurses in England and is now the foreigner...
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    US to UK transition, pls help.

    DavidFR replied to hilife_RN's topic in Immigration Advice

    This was my experience of the NMC recently when I needed information, and I'm both British and British trained. In days gone by the NMC, or rather the UKCC which preceeded it, used to be staffed by...
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    Is there anything good that being a nurse has taught you???

    DavidFR replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Unlike the poster above, the things I've seen in nursing have reinforced my belief that there is no God. Those same things have also taught me that I've personally been very
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    Male nurse crying!!!

    DavidFR replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Is it cold to be professional and keep a professional distance? Does that make one a cyborg? I think not. I have lost a father, a mother and a sister in hospital. If on any occasion a member of staff...
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    New name for nurses who are men

    DavidFR replied to midlife101's topic in Men in Nursing

    The title "sister" in the UK denotes rank, a senior nurse, often the nurse who has ultimate responsibility for a given area. The male equivalent is "charge nurse" though in recent years the trend has...
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    Being an HIV positive nurse

    DavidFR replied to piddlepong's topic in Men in Nursing

    The fact that a vaccine is available for Hep B doesn't mean you won't come accross unvaccinated patients. And your statement about the other hepatitis viruses is totally incorrect. You can contract...
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    Being an HIV positive nurse

    DavidFR replied to piddlepong's topic in Men in Nursing

    Patronising or what. Not at all. There wil be inevitaby numbers amongst them who are seropositive for HIV, Hep B, C, G etc. Your rationale is not consistant. There is rarely zero risk in anything...
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    Being an HIV positive nurse

    DavidFR replied to piddlepong's topic in Men in Nursing

    Pacs, as stated above, you would have to exclude not just every nurse with any known blood borne virus but also every nurse not being routinely tested every three months or so for every single blood...
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    Being an HIV positive nurse

    DavidFR replied to piddlepong's topic in Men in Nursing

    Pacs, I understand your concern, however I really do have trouble envisaging just how such an accident might take place. An ungloved nurse accidentally cuts him/herself, and by chance bleeds into the...
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    Use restraints much?

    DavidFR replied to ExpatHopeful's topic in International Nursing

    Similar experience - never used restraints in the UK but have now seen them used here in France. I think they're useful in preventing self harm and I've never seen them absued just for a quiet life. I...
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    Giving Report...Please help.

    DavidFR replied to SweetseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Give the kind of report you yourself would want to receive and be happy with. People can always ask questions if you miss something they wanted to hear. And never be ashamed to say "I don't know"...
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    Has nursing changed you as a person?

    DavidFR replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think we're shaped by all of our experiences, and any job experience is bound to influence you. Nursing may have changed me, but so have the other jobs I've done outside of nursing. Nursing's...