DavidFR BSN, MSN, RN

Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health

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    Going from Peds back to adults ?

    DavidFR replied to Yenyen96's topic in General Nursing

    You can't do everything at once and whatever you do, you're missing out on other things. I miss working in ID, but I love where I am in oncology and I can't do both posts at the same time. That's...
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    Port Accessing Question

    DavidFR replied to Deb25's topic in Oncology

    Agree that a new needle is necessary. I think patient confidence is increased also when they see you doing everything possible to preserve good hygiene and telling them. Like actually saying to...
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    Baby Boomers and Hepatitis C: High-Risk Group with Low Rate of Testing

    DavidFR replied to Barb S's topic in General Nursing

    If you tested negative that's it - you're negative unless you've had a new exposure since your test. I agree with you we were very exposed in the old days and I shudder now when I think of the...
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    Baby Boomers and Hepatitis C: High-Risk Group with Low Rate of Testing

    DavidFR replied to Barb S's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked in this field in the 1990s I would say that the fact that the Hepatitis C virus wasn't actually isolated before 1989 means infection rates in previous generations are actually unknown....
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    How much sexism is there in nursing?

    DavidFR replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a problem for nurses of both sexes who step out of the box into non-traditional nursing rôles. You're not in scrubs doing all the things they expect nurses to do and you demonstrate...
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    How much sexism is there in nursing?

    DavidFR replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    At the risk of soundng sexist myself, I have both a female cardiologist and a female neurologist and I love and respect them both. They have both been brilliant and I personally think women doctors...
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    How much sexism is there in nursing?

    DavidFR replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    Sexism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia - there's as much of all these things in nursing and in medicine as there is in broader society. We're a microcosm of the broader world and although it's our...
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    Why Those Who Work the Night Shift Actually Need Sleep During the Day

    DavidFR replied to Nursecon's topic in Nursing Career

    Totally agree with the camaraderie and mutual help on nights. Asking the unit next door if they need a hand when we're quiet and vice versa is normal practice. On days they have the interconnecting...
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    To hold or not??

    DavidFR replied to Cclm's topic in Patient Medications

    Every doctor I have ever questioned on this says give the long acting insulin as this has a 24 hour effect which you'll have negated for the following day risking higher sugars if you omit it....
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    Fake 'Nurse' Killed Patients Because of Hangover

    DavidFR replied to futur0_nurs's topic in General Nursing

    I'm originally from the UK and you guys should know where The Times is coming from. The Times is one of the UK's oldest newspapers founded in 1785. For years it was a highly respected, reputable...
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    How do nurses work with headphones on?

    DavidFR replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a night nurse and on quiet nights if I've looked up all the lab results I was interested in and the patient reports I didn't get around to looking at, I read my book or surf the net and drink my...
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    Why do some fairly new nurses talk down about bedside nursing?

    DavidFR replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    As somebody who returned to bedside nursing after having both been a manager and then a clinical nurse specialist (in a largely outpatient rôle), I think the key is pay and conditions. I'm...
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    How do nurses work with headphones on?

    DavidFR replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    In the two countries I've worked in (France and the UK), never ever no way. The OP is correct to suggest it's unprofessional. It
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    Advice for a New grad ICU vs Oncology

    DavidFR replied to WaterDog's topic in General Nursing

    You need to do the old fashioned piece of paper with a "pros" column and a "cons" column and write them down for each post. The one with most pros and less cons wins. Whichever one you choose...
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    Stressful Times!

    DavidFR replied to emmajanecull's topic in United Kingdom

    Is there the possibility of doing the test in Northern Ireland and thus not having to fly? Irish nurses used to be automatically recognised in the UK. Has this
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    Too Fat To Be A Nurse?

    DavidFR replied to Newprospnp's topic in General Nursing

    It's 2023. Being a guy is not an issue. I was a skinny little thing when I started nursing. I'm now coming to the end of my career overweight - not to the extent that you describe, but yes, I...
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    OR set-up and generators

    DavidFR replied to Question Guy22's topic in United Kingdom

    No recent theatre experience here either, but if you're asking about the UK, you should bear in mind that the UK has this sepcificity called the ODA (Operating Department Assistant) who is a health...
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    From sister to tissue viability

    DavidFR replied to Nursey2023's topic in United Kingdom

    I was a Charge Nurse (G grade under the old system) who left to become an agency nurse! Step down or what, but so what? I was unhappy and needed to sort myself out. I eventually came back as an H...
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    How much are you willing to pay for scrubs?

    DavidFR replied to Ms.Frank's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Great shame, and I think possibly underlines the fundamental differences in our systems. I've always had comfortable workwear provided on site everywhere I've ever worked in the clinical area (in the...
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    Oncology infusion/ Pulled back to orientation

    DavidFR replied to Wasnt's topic in General Nursing

    If you're ever unsure check your local policy. Soon these things will become second nature. Agree with the poster above - keep a little note book, write things down, ask, ask, ask. Compatibilities...
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    How much are you willing to pay for scrubs?

    DavidFR replied to Ms.Frank's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You have to buy your own scrubs in the US? The hospitals don't provide them?
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    A Conundrum

    DavidFR replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Fully agree with the poster who said refusing treatment for a terminal illness is not the same as suicide. It is a passive process whereas suicide is an active priocess, and again I agree that the...
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    port accessing tips.

    DavidFR replied to busybee04's topic in Oncology

    That's interesting as we don't even heparinise ports anymore. Practice changed many years ago here (and where I was before in the UK) to saline flushes and we don't have any extra port problems since...
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    PRN Blood Pressure Medicine Is Garbage: Change My Mind

    DavidFR replied to Tegridy's topic in General Nursing

    Asymptomatic hypertension may not be an immediate emergency but my personal opinion is that it shoud not be left untreated. I speak not just in a professional capacity but as somebody who had a...
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    Want to Be a Nurse, But Hesitations

    DavidFR replied to tortellini101's topic in General Nursing

    This is your key phrase. Your family don't have to live with your decisions - you do. Your work is not your social life. I've known socially reserved people who were great nurses. Nursing may...