DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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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...
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    Quiet Unit

    DavidFR replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Make the most of it! Years ago I worked in a four bedded CCU. We were always 2 nurses, no care assistants. So just 2 patients each but we did everything from A to Z. For me this was perfect since...
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    UK trained paeds Nurse wanting to work in the US

    DavidFR replied to sophiemills25's topic in General Nursing

    Check out the international section of this forum - there are numerous threads on specialist UK nurses wanting to work abroad. Sadly, there can be difficulties for people who don't have a general...
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    De-accessed Port w/o Flushing! Please help!

    DavidFR replied to Bijoux Eze's topic in General Nursing

    Another oncology nurse here who agrees with the above. Port needs to be reaccessed and flushed. And yes, we all make omissions
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    DavidFR replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    And I still can't spell!
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    DavidFR replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of these when we went from no longer using commercial brand names to using the name of the molecule only. Oh for the days of Zophren! Several colleagues sitll can't get their tongues around...
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    Return to bedside part time - or not?

    DavidFR replied to Peachpit's topic in General Nursing

    I had an occy health job that wasn't anywhere near as quiet as you describe, but still had certain periods of very little to do. In those periods I surfed the net, I read, but yes that's gets boring...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    DavidFR replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    One more I see all the time on here. In British English an EKG is ALWAYS an
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    DavidFR replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    For years I used to slip up and say "He's a diabetic induced steroid". I've finally got it right