DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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    The Wage Gap Myth

    DavidFR replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

    That's a moot point, however regardless, I would argue that the continuation of social norms from generation to generation is socially constructed and therefore can be decontructed. As...
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    The Wage Gap Myth

    DavidFR replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

    There have been exceptions to this, for example the Dahomey Warriors of what is now Bénin. Matriarchal societies have existed. A sociologist would argue, and I would agree, that these things...
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    Do you feel pigeonholed by being a nurse?

    DavidFR replied to OnceIWas's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought of nursing rôles away from the hospital bedside? Occupational Health, Research Nurse, Doctor's office, Community Nurse or Health Promotion? There are sometimes non-nursing...
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    Why am I not getting blood samples with a butterfly needle?

    DavidFR replied to dsaprog's topic in General Nursing

    I personally think your problem is going in at too large an angle with 30°. Try to be a bit more flush with the skin. This guide says 10° - 15° and personally that works for me....
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    UK trained nurse moving to France

    DavidFR replied to Monika M.'s topic in General World

    Yes, that's very important that any document is translated by a translator with that official stamp to say French govenrment approved! If you can get through French bureaucracy you can get through...
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    UK trained nurse moving to France

    DavidFR replied to Monika M.'s topic in General World

    Beware, the system is changing. You used to need a numéro ADELI issued by the DDASS in the département where you intended to work, however this is now, or will very soon be obsolete. The people...
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    chemo infusion nursing

    DavidFR replied to sistasoul's topic in Oncology

    Learning all the the new unfamiliar chemos is the hardest part of the job, but just like anything else, the more you use the products the more the names, side-effects and specificities stick in your...
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    Where To Start/ New Grad

    DavidFR replied to Ashleyy3's topic in Oncology

    Agree with heron about an off the job support system. Your priority for a first post should be to go somewhere where you're sure there's a good orientation program and mentorship for new grads....
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    Can Kadcyla be given peripherally?

    DavidFR replied to tblackstockrn's topic in Oncology

    Personally never. In Europe where it's called Herceptin or Herceptine, all the literature strongy recommends central access but doesn't rule out peripheral administration. Strong risk of...
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    Life Changes

    DavidFR replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Very belated wishes as have only just read this post. Have always appreciated your insights. You'll be missed. Wishing you the most comfortable onward journey. Big hugs to you and your...
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    Considering moving to Spain, where do I start?

    DavidFR replied to boquiabierta's topic in International Nursing

    There is a Spanish nursing forum you could try posting on for info: https://www.casimedicos.com/foro/forums/enfermeria.151/ Have worked with Spanish nurses who say the standard of healthcare...
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    Healthcare in Mexico

    DavidFR replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Please can you explain what these abbreviations mean. I've never heard of them. I have only ever worked in two countries (one not Anglophone) and in both, abbreviations in health care are strictly...
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    Healthcare in Mexico

    DavidFR replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak for Germany but that is absolutely not true of our health care here in France. It's not perfect, it has its problems but on the whole it works very well. A mixture of public and private...
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    US Nursing Recent Grad Moving to UK

    DavidFR replied to RNstudent_SarBear's topic in United Kingdom

    I agree with this 100% and think it is the best advice. I speak as somebody who changed country (UK to France) after 15 years experience. Even as an old dinasour you have so much to cope with...
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    Family filmed patient (I think) with staff - should I have spoken up?

    DavidFR replied to IreneTouTheou's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with the above posters. It's all about consent and the spirit in which the filming is taking place. I once had an old man who was having his very first chemo and wanted to film me hanging...
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    NHS Superannuation

    DavidFR replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Apologies reviving a very old thread but some of my friends didn't know the following information, so I'm going to share it here for anybody who's left the NHS. Anybody who ever paid into the NHS...
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    UK Revalidation reflective discussion

    DavidFR replied to Hayley Thompson-Roach's topic in United Kingdom

    I let my UK registration lapse last year and frankly, used to find the revalidation process infantile, demeaning and without purpose. Not to mention their fee extortionate. I've been gone 23...
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    So hard for new nurse

    DavidFR replied to jenny102235's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe that got asterisked out
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    So hard for new nurse

    DavidFR replied to jenny102235's topic in General Nursing

    You need to state politely but firmly that if the DOC cannot give you concrete examples of incidents where you've done or said something wrong or who exactly has complained, then that only constitutes...
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    I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    DavidFR replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure the new dislike function is a positive move forward. It's to open to being abused and isn't that the reeason many other platforms have disabled it? I'm fine with people disagreeing...
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    I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    DavidFR replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be honest, if a thread is brought back up to the top of the board I will often not even notice when the OP actually started the thread. Sometimes it's good to come back to old discussions....
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    Charting Bloopers

    DavidFR replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    On psychiatry when a student. Pateint who menstruated all over the floor as she took off sanitary protection, then went off her head: "Placed in seclusion for a short period" As a CNS I once...
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    I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    DavidFR replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Missmollie, On the one hand you admit that "nursing is overwhelming" (your words) and then you go on to claim you never get anxious, and you do it in the most disparaging way to other...
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    If you could go back, start-over, change majors, what would you do and why?

    DavidFR replied to AlpacaTraveLlamaDNP's topic in Nursing Humor

    Would like to have done something creative like being a writer. Never got near my dream apart from once coming third in a poetry competition. I did have a novel rejected by publishers - righly so, it...
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    What made you quit?

    DavidFR replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I once quit when I was passed over for a charge nurse post I had basically been assured of, only to see the post given to a part timer in a money saving drive. Meanwhile the staff nurses were expected...