DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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    Male nurse crying!!!

    DavidFR replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    1. I tell myself it's not my place to grieve in a professional relationship. I am neither the patient's friend nor family, and they certainly don't need to see nurses, doctors or care assistants going...
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    Being an HIV positive nurse

    DavidFR replied to piddlepong's topic in Men in Nursing

    I personally can't think of any likely scenario where a nurse working correctly could possibly infect a patient, or a co-worker. I've worked alongside sero-positive nurses and it wasn't an
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    Being an HIV positive nurse

    DavidFR replied to piddlepong's topic in Men in Nursing

    Sex with an HIV positive person is surely less risky than sex with a person of unknown status - you know what you're dealing with and hence you're far less likely to cut corners where safer sex is...
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    Is Being a Male nurse hard?

    DavidFR replied to thegreatone28's topic in Men in Nursing

    In some countries like the UK for example, it's a well documented phenomenon that men in nursing rise to senior positions in disproportionate numbers. Some of that is attributed to larger numbers of...
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    Worst case scenario needle stick

    DavidFR replied to LaughingRN's topic in General Nursing

    *wine Great news. I'll have a drink for you (been looking for an excuse al day
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    Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    DavidFR replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Some do, some don't. Some have great knowledge, but not necessarily always the intelligence to go with
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    Nursing in France

    DavidFR replied to bambi007's topic in General World

    Hi Eresh, If you've got the patience to traipse through this entire thread you'll find that all the information you need is actually already there. As previously stated your first task is to get your...
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    To use or not to use vaccine consent forms

    DavidFR replied to mickylynn969's topic in General Nursing

    Your boss has made one up so (s)he's evidently OK with the concept. Use it for your own protection and if your colleagues wish to put their licenses on the line, it's their look out. Your boss only...
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    Doc have right to get upset with me?

    DavidFR replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard for me to think in farenheit as we use centigrade in Europe. I would say if the teperature was low grade (less than 38.5 centigrade) you did right. If the patient is geuinely febrile (38.5...
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    Daily mail demonstrates its love of nursing again

    DavidFR replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    Does anybody really expect balanced journalism from a rag like the Mail? I remember an article a while back about NHS professionals running a prize draw which was portrayed as lazy nurses need bribing...
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    Needing Opinions

    DavidFR replied to NoblePath's topic in Oncology

    I find this rather shocking. Some chemotherapies are given in bi-fractioned doses, twelve hours apart (Bisulvex and in some protcols Aracytine), hence one dose will undoubtedly fall on the night...
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    Useless "charge" nurse

    DavidFR replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    No, I wasn't meaning to and I certainly don't suggest all charge nurses are like this. I too was a charge nurse in the UK and I hope I did my fair share of the work. When I use the word "scam" what I...
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    Useless "charge" nurse

    DavidFR replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen this situation again and again in the UK, which is why I prefer the system here in France where there is no nurse in charge. Each nurse takes on the responsibility for their own group of...
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    Tired of bedside nursing

    DavidFR replied to youngebloodrn's topic in Men in Nursing

    Very true. I've had breathers away from bedside nursing including 5 years as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in an essentially nurse consultation/outreach rôle, and 5 years as an occupational health...
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    Diversity.. at what price?

    DavidFR replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At lease? Did you do that on
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    Administering pain meds to a sleeping pt

    DavidFR replied to opossum's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent point - we're nurses not magicians. It's like the patiens who moan if they have the slightest bruising after a blood test. Like do they think it's normal to have a piece of steel plunged...
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    What was your first "paying" job???

    DavidFR replied to Butterfly0328's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a men's clothing store which was also one of the last old fashioned High Street taylors. It paid a pittance, my colleagues were good fun but the work was so boring, it motivated me even...
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    Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    DavidFR replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agree with every sentiment here, and I don't think our exploitation is limited to a speific nation, region etc. - it's pretty universal. I think there are many historic reasons why nurses are badly...
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    Gay male nurses?

    DavidFR replied to mitakashi's topic in Men in Nursing

    Admirable conclusion to your post. However......perhaps you could go further by asking yourself what's so puzzling and why you find effeminate men (who may well be gay or straight) amusing, and then...
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    Diversity.. at what price?

    DavidFR replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked in England at a time when we had many Finnish and Swedish nurses coming over to work. We traditionally always already had many African and West Indian nurses. I never had any problems...
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    Worst case scenario needle stick

    DavidFR replied to LaughingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Laughing RN, I've got everything crossed for you. I have a memory that if you should show signs of an acute hepatits C, you can have Inteferon to help stop you developing chronic carriage. This idea...
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    London nurses--are you okay?

    DavidFR replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Skylark, it's not my business what your situation is and I certainly won't judge someone I don't know on an internet forum other than by what they say, and what you actually said was this: "He was not...
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    London nurses--are you okay?

    DavidFR replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    None of this addresses my point that you judged him for being unmarried. None of what you say above has anything to do with whether the parents are married or not. You've made a lot of very valid...
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    London nurses--are you okay?

    DavidFR replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    What you actually said was this: "He was not married, so his four kids are most likely mainained on welfare, like so many others in the UK." That is a highly judgmental statement. What's your problem...
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    London nurses--are you okay?

    DavidFR replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Skylark, I've agreed with a lot of what you've said, but assuming his kids were supported on the social just because he wasn't married is highly