DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    DavidFR replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have Smecta in the US? An anti-diarrhoea medication. I had a patient who told me she was fine now since she was taking Smegma. I worked in the South-West of England in the 80s...
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    Private practice as a therapist in Europe

    DavidFR replied to Jibba's topic in International Nursing

    I can only really help you on the tax question. I live in France and have dual French/British nationality. Several years ago I had a UK income in addition to what I earn from my regular job in...
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    How do you handle female patients your age or younger?

    DavidFR replied to DanGIT1322's topic in Men in Nursing

    Breast surgery, usually in an oncological context. After some procedures you have to verify that the breast is warm and supple. Some patients have a flap after breast surgery and standard flap...
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    Vaccine error

    DavidFR replied to mimi2930's topic in General Nursing

    Try not to. You're human, and you've done the right
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    Vaccine error

    DavidFR replied to mimi2930's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone makes mistakes. Don't beat yourself up. Expiry dates are a largely precautionary safety measure. The product doesn't magically lose all its potency on the given date. Some countries have...
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    Question about RN scheduling

    DavidFR replied to sfn2008's topic in General Nursing

    This exact system is used where I work. People like it as they know where they are for the year. They request those extra days off (public holidays in lieu etc.) as and when they need them. The only...
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    Port Access - Needle Securement

    DavidFR replied to Aurea's topic in Oncology

    I remember needles with wings but haven't seen one for about 10 years. When we switched to Qimoflow+ we thought it strange that there were no wings, but like most changes, once we got used to them we...
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    Coworker RN refused to help in emergency, claims she doesn't want to be “micromanaged"

    DavidFR replied to MVL1976's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Having worked in a nursing home or having "only" 5 years experience as an RN are not excuses. Don't make excuses for her. Any trained nurse should know what to do when a patient falls and hits their...
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    Port Access - Needle Securement

    DavidFR replied to Aurea's topic in Oncology

    We have a foam block which goes underneath the arm of the needle to support it, which is then fixed in place by 3 steri-strips which are placed over the arm of the needle but not over the insertion...
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    Cgfns deficiency

    DavidFR replied to Valerio L's topic in International Nursing

    I once knew a UK nurse who didn't have enough hours psychiatry. She wrote places asking to do an unpaid placement and a psychiatric hospital accepted her to do the number of hours required, giving her...
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    Operation Department Practitioner - canadian equivalent?

    DavidFR replied to amelia1979's topic in International Nursing

    Is his rôle what used to be the 2 year trained ODA (Operating Department Assistant - back then a City & Guilds Certificate)? My sister was an ODA in the 80s and it was very much a UK...
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    EKG order

    DavidFR replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

    From a European perspective, I am shocked you need an order for an ECG. If I have a patient with chest pain, thoracic oppression, palpitations etc. and I feel an ECG may be useful I do one. I...
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    Nursing Guilt

    DavidFR replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    I am particularly despairing of colleagues who drag themselves into work when they are clearly
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    Nursing Abroad

    DavidFR replied to LivOnTheGo's topic in International Nursing

    Go to the world nursing section of this forum and you'll find lots of questions and answers on various European countries. For the European Union member states, once you've got registration in one EU...
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    Crusty Old Bats

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

    The keys! Thankfully we don't have them any longer!! Long live badge passes, push button locks and security codes!! I remember the keys being lost and all care being abandoned as the entire staff...
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    Signs of hospital closing?

    DavidFR replied to slauren's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have, and this won't be a comfort to you. Planned wind down with total transparency, every effort to relocate staff to other hospitals, redundancy packages for those who weren't relocated....
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    Thoughts on nurses who became physicians

    DavidFR replied to NurseMcMuffin's topic in General Nursing

    Some people are just jealous to see other people trying different things and having a go at something they haven't done. I've known 2 nurses turned doctors and yes, their nursing perspective...
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    What is the toughest part of nursing?

    DavidFR replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    Of course I make allowances for stress. I work in oncology, so hey, patients are anxious and I of course wouldn't want to be in their shoes and I make allowances for that. However some people overstep...
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    Primary care for elderly patients

    DavidFR replied to skylark's topic in United Kingdom

    Skylark, I sincerely hope you've found a solution by now. However, if not, have you thought of signalling her to the local social services department as a solitary, at risk eldery person? I too...
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    Welcoming New Nurses

    DavidFR replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    I guess this varies from hospital to hospital. Where I work newbies have a hospital orientation day, then are doubled for their first 8 shifts (we do 12s) - can be longer if they need it. They...
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    What is the toughest part of nursing?

    DavidFR replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    Dealing with disrespect. If patients are polite and courteous I don't care how heavy the workload is or how complex their problems are. I will go all out 100% for these people. However rude...
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    Crusty Old Bats

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

    Yes! And on the subject of glass bottles, IV Hemineverin (chlormethiazole) came in huge glass bottles, only that was the tratment of the day for alcohol withdrawal. So you always got agitated...
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    How to deal with CNA insubordination?

    DavidFR replied to thenursebabe25's topic in General Nursing

    Some care assistants take advantage of agency staff as if their being fixed staff somehow makes them senior to the agency RN. Are you in an environment where there is an overall night supervisor...
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    Concerned about a nurse operating an x-ray machine without training.

    DavidFR replied to Mike.Nichols's topic in General Nursing

    Likewise in France the person has to be a qualified person who's followed a 3 year training and is registered as what we call a Manipulateur Radiologique. Similarly when I worked in the UK this...
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    Managing Stress

    DavidFR replied to MoLo's topic in General World

    I understand this is an issue in areas where breaks are unpaid and staff leave the unit to go to a distant canteen. If you're only two trained nurses on nights in a small unit for example, you can't...