DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

Member

  • Content

    707

  • Visitors

    10,190

  • Followers

    1

  • Likes

    1,287

All Content by DavidFR

  1. DavidFR

    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    DavidFR replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    As a second year student nurse on neuro-surgery, I was helping the trained nurse with a lift up the bed - a young 19 year old with an AVM that had bled and the poor guy now had a trachy. Of course he...
  2. DavidFR

    English teaching activities for Japanese Nurses High School

    DavidFR replied to cloa513's topic in General World

    Voilà!!!
  3. DavidFR

    English teaching activities for Japanese Nurses High School

    DavidFR replied to cloa513's topic in General World

    There is an excellent book aimed at francophone nurses caled "L'Anglais Pour Les Infirmières" by FC Murphy. Obviously your students aren't French, but the book contains many phrases, conversations,...
  4. DavidFR

    Turning down overtime....

    DavidFR replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    It's a dilemma we all face. I've canceled an overtime shift tonight for a personal reason. Of course my first thought is the extra cash I now won't get, but when I'm sleeping in my bed tonight having...
  5. DavidFR

    Just resigned from RN Supervisor - right reason?

    DavidFR replied to Kentondpeacock, RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    +1 here. They were using you. You did the right
  6. DavidFR

    Zofran: IV push or Piggy Back?

    DavidFR replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in Oncology

    Agree with nursie pants that it can be pushed, though most of my colleagues use the 50cc bag option. I think we need to be careful of overload with patients on multiple products hanging bags for...
  7. DavidFR

    What is the Oncology floor like?

    DavidFR replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Oncology

    I work in medical oncology - I would stress to you that I am not in the United States nor have any experience of working in the US. I "discovered" oncology after being qualified 23 years and working...
  8. DavidFR

    "I didn't want to go into nursing because I didn't want to be labled gay"

    DavidFR replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well said. This is not the only thread where being gay or being thought gay has been referred to as a "stigma" (yawn). It's can sometimes at most be a minor annoyance when people think you're...
  9. DavidFR

    Is it sexist....

    DavidFR replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm slightly overweight and this term didn't offend me - it made me smile. I'm responsible for the excess weight I carry and it's down to me to do something about it - I don't because like most fat...
  10. DavidFR

    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    DavidFR replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    What a fireball thread. Seems every country has their "target" speciality accused of putting its nurses on a pedestal. When I was in the UK it was ICU, here in France it's OR nurses. Isn't the...
  11. DavidFR

    Is being a Male nurse weird?

    DavidFR replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hmmm. I have a bit of a problem with the fact that you consider being gay, or being thought gay to be a "stigma". It's annoying when people assume you're something you're not, but stigma? Please, it's...
  12. DavidFR

    1-1 ratio for nurses

    DavidFR replied to Roozeyk's topic in General Nursing

    I think this varies from country to country. In France even ICU is rarely 1:1 but when I worked in the UK the standard in ICU was 1:1 pretty much without exception. I don't know if that's changed -...
  13. DavidFR

    How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

    DavidFR replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I would explain politely that it's not a normal part of the nurses role, just the same as if a patient wanted me to meet them socially, share a beer or a cigarette with them in the room, sit down and...
  14. DavidFR

    How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

    DavidFR replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    And this is where we differ. None of those people could do "their thing" over me without it being most unwelcome. Some people dislike religion for their own valid reasons and do not want to be prayed...
  15. DavidFR

    Is being a Male nurse weird?

    DavidFR replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Men in Nursing

    It's not the name that needs changing (and certainly not to medic!) but the image of the word nurse, but I do take your point about "nurse" not telling anybody if you're a man or a woman. In many...
  16. DavidFR

    How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

    DavidFR replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Agreed on that, but that doesn't in any way address the points I raised in answer to your
  17. DavidFR

    How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

    DavidFR replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Any nurse who prayed for me would be acting against my wishes and I would find it extremely offensive and most unwelcome. If a patient has said they are happy for you to pray for them that's great....
  18. DavidFR

    How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

    DavidFR replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I sincerely hope you have their prior
  19. DavidFR

    Need help interpreting research statistics...

    DavidFR replied to delilas's topic in General Nursing

    Hope the mods don't see this as advertising, as I have no vested interest in this book. "Real World Research" by Colin Robson was my bible during my two degrees and is an invaluable resource to...
  20. DavidFR

    What's the nicest thing a patient has done for you?

    DavidFR replied to Cyndi13's topic in General Nursing

    As a student nurse on a medical ward, I came back from days off to find a patient I'd spent a lot of time with had been discharged and left me a rather nice bottle of wine. Years later as a charge...
  21. DavidFR

    Nursing in Sweden

    DavidFR replied to scully_forensic's topic in Immigration Advice

    I thought it was
  22. DavidFR

    UK Nurses working abroad

    DavidFR replied to stefix's topic in International Nursing

    I strongly advise getting some post-reg experience before launching yourself in a new country. Your first post is difficult enough without having to cope with a new system you're not even familiar...
  23. DavidFR

    Difficult Doctors...Vent

    DavidFR replied to joanna73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you have an administrator on call who you can call to inform that you have a colleague refusing to do his/her job? I would always go as far as informing the most senior person on call if you get no...
  24. DavidFR

    Night shift and Sleeping

    DavidFR replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    Was this years ago in the days of the fearsome old Night Sisters/Night Charge Nurses? I was a night Charge Nurse in the early 90s and I turned a blind eye to staff having a nap on their breaks. I left...
  25. DavidFR

    now I am in trouble

    DavidFR replied to lizbots's topic in Nursing Career

    Similarly nurses have lost their jobs and/or their licenses for blindly following the orders of a supervisor or a doctor when that decision was wrong and endangered somebody. Obviously you don't...