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Re: A 2015 Recap Written From the Depths of My Heart

rdjfraser — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 13:05:13 -0000

Thanks for the honest and authentic post. Love watching what you and the team are doing. Keep up the amazing work!

Re: The Final Update

rdjfraser — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:56:28 -0000

This made my morning a bit sad. I completely understand and I echo all the statements below. Thank you for the time you did invest, the value you created to all of us was and is immense. We are all in your debt. If our paths do ever cross drinks are one me! Please let me know if there is something I could do to help, volunteer time etc.

Thanks again!
Rob

Re: Speaking Power to Nurses

rdjfraser — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:21:55 -0000

hopefully you have read Suzanne's Just a Nurse poster. It is very powerful!

Re: Spring 2011 Nursing Informatics Students Webliographies

rdjfraser — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:21:08 -0000

Love this assignment, wondering if you have thought about keeping the webliographies centralized on a WP-multi-site, to allow students to choose to add a completely unique subject, or evolve/expand/improve a topic that was done in previous years?

Re: 3 Must Have Gadgets for Healthcare Professionals

rdjfraser — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:26:18 -0000

Great article, but I don't know if I'd fully agree. My list of must have would be
1) Laptop - for me this is a Macbook Air
2) iPad - 3G connection to read articles on the go and email
3) 27" desktop monitor - because working with multiple documents and large excel sheets is painful on a small screen

There is no option for the laptop, you need it - end of story. I have both the Laptop and the tablet, they are not interchangeable. I love the tablet to have all my articles, research, and meeting materials with me. Having a laptop in the meeting can be a big cultural faux pas, but the tablet does not have the same impact. Second, the more I see BB's ruin lives and interrupt people the less I'm prone to recommend a smartphone. We need to send less email not more, and cutting out the tendency to check emails in a meeting helps improve productivity in meetings and dedicated time to do other work.

Re: Shorty Awards

rdjfraser — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:30:23 -0000

Definitely agree and hope that more people being to recognize this.

Re: Research Challenge Evolution

rdjfraser — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:40:18 -0000

Thanks Kevin, glad you like the idea! It is amazing what can be done with the evolving online tools. Hopefully more nurses will continue to explore how they can use these tools to advance the profession and their careers.

Re: http://malcolmbastien.tumblr.com/post/4381521350

rdjfraser — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:48:16 -0000

Awesome! Looking forward to hearing about what you guys make.

Re: http://markhawker.tumblr.com/post/4188083002

rdjfraser — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:29:42 -0000

That would be fantastic. I like the idea of some of these monitors, but I don't like clipping on an extra armband. This has some neat potential.

Re: http://markhawker.tumblr.com/post/3275551027

rdjfraser — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:09:45 -0000

Thanks for more great data visualizations, great to find these.

Re: Men in Nursing: Moving beyond “add men and stir”

rdjfraser — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:47:07 -0000

Hey Dennis. So glad that you took time to post the comment. It is a pleasure to get the chance to interview the people I have. They are so incredible researchers and so passionate about their work, so it is fantastic to be able to share that with others. Despite seeing the numbers of visitors go up, hearing from real nurses and students that benefit make the effort worth it. So thanks again for taking the time to comment.

Re: Google Android

rdjfraser — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:04:14 -0000

Thanks! I'll take a look. Interestingly enough I'm working on a project this semester to do something similar. I'll take a look at the app, but ours is targeted towards a care giver or healthcare provider.

Re: Podcast: Dr Anne Matlow’s Talk

rdjfraser — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:54:10 -0000

I definitely agree with you that there are a lot of local examples. One of the difficulties is some are not always published, which can make referencing them more difficult. As a student I was fortunate enough to take part in at quality improvement project with a Toronto organization and learned a lot, and it was fantastic to work on a real issue.

I'm not sure your question has been answered, but if you look at the leadership team page, I would encourage you to get in touch with the President and chapter leaders. It is a bit of a new idea, and they would be able to address it.

Thanks for the comment,
Rob

Re: Browser Plugins vs Extensions – the difference

rdjfraser — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:02:32 -0000

Agreed, extensions are great tools that I often recommend, but apparently have occasionally mislabeled them by calling them plug-ins. Now that I know the difference, I won't accidently unwittingly confuse anyone else.

Re: Want to be more productive? Me too!

rdjfraser — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:16:11 -0000

@Torontoemerg Yes, you can definitely stay on the same project, you just need to make sure to take your break. The only reason you take the break is so you can be extra strick about the ZERO interruptions and to force yourself to be productive while you work. I've done entire days on one research paper using the pomodoro method. The only different than just working on it, is I was able to spend time focus on 'research for the paper', 'write outline', and eventually 'write paper' and become really targeted on moving a specific aspect of my work forward. And now when I'm working extra hard, I turn off twitter, except during those short breaks. It is perfect, regular and frequent use of social media, but just enough to have a break and keep being really productive.

Re: http://markhawker.tumblr.com/post/1438183217

rdjfraser — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:48:38 -0000

hey mark, when you make this type of post is it automated from a program, or you uploading the clipped image, and the references?

Re: why twitter, why linkedin, why facebook!

rdjfraser — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:38:57 -0000

Will do Teresa! Glad to hear your thoughts. Sometimes as a technophile we skip to the 'start your account today' and cover the set-up and privacy settings. To us it seems obvious, while nurses in the room are still sitting there asking 'well, why would I want to waste my time doing that'.

Re: Men in Nursing: Moving beyond “add men and stir”

rdjfraser — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:41:59 -0000

Hi Jude,

Thanks so much for your comment, and I am painfully aware of the noise issues. Hopefully if you look at some of the newer versions you will see the sound and video quality improving. Looking back at some of the first episodes, which I filmed with my laptop, the sound is also an issue. You can actually hear the laptop fan. However, I have since invested into a better camera and microphone.

Glad you did get something out of the video despite the technical areas that could be greatly improved. Thanks for your patience, and I'll do my best to make sure future episodes get better and better.

Thanks again,
Rob

Re: http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/post/1235836408

rdjfraser — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:23:52 -0000

Should environmentalist be happy that there is less waste of tastey chicken parts, like eyes. *shudder*

Re: HighLighter Burnout

rdjfraser — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:21:11 -0000

I'm into the digital highlighting now. Maybe I can send you mine. Hope things are going well Sean. Ps. We should Skype sometime soon.

Cheers
Rob

Re: Inspiration is the Fondest Form of Flattery

rdjfraser — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:35:37 -0000

Thanks Ashliegh, it is great to see we need more nurses like you, Teresa, and Rafael sharing what you know. Nurses and nursing students can really benefit and it is great to see people like you using these tools.

Also, we should grab a coffee and catch up. I'd love to hear how you are doing, and how things are at de Souza.
Rob

ps. For those of you who don't know Ashleigh blogs at http://apps.desouzanurse.ca...
She is an oncology nurse educator working for the de Souza Institute (leading Oncology education for nurses in Canada). Check it out!

Re: Inspiration is the Fondest Form of Flattery

rdjfraser — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:32:27 -0000

We are starting to have a 'battle of roses', funny french expression I heard last year. It is great to see this stuff that I have been hoping for - the leaders and educators of nursing going online- starting to happen.

Re: MediMath: Drug Medications Calculator

rdjfraser — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:00:50 -0000

Hi Evan,

Thanks so much for the comment! I did see the information regarding the test, I guess more specifically I meant the app is not geared towards educating a user. What I mean by that is, if a user has no clinical knowledge to know which tests might be relevant there is no tutorial or section dedicated to learning what test might be used for patients with certain medications or disease. The navigation is top notch, please don't think otherwise, and with any nursing textbook this makes calculations easy. My only point was it isn't designed to teach students, even though it is extremely useful for students.

Also, thank you so much for the comment. I really appreciate how engaged you are as a developer!
Rob

Re: You need to demand a second monitor!

rdjfraser — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:19:29 -0000

I know it is so useful! I really think that a lot of administrators and educators just simply don't think about it, and are never taught how to create a dual monitor workflow. There are so many advantages, and I'm glad there are at least SOME nurses out there that are already experiencing the benefits. Thanks for the comment Ashleigh!

Rob

Re: Go local. Embrace low-tech. Maximize relationships. Make it sexy.

rdjfraser — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:07:47 -0000

Dean Ornish talks a lot about change, and the lack of efficacy of high tech healthcare interventions. I am amazed at what I saw in intervention radiology, stents are cool. However, 90% of patients have recurrent health problems that are not fixed by the stent, which is exactly what you are talking about. Life choices that aren't sexy, eating vegetables and taking time to workout (what I am currently avoiding), are hard to do. Relationships, whether with family, friends, spouse, trainers, therapists or any other relationship that enforces healthy choices has a much better and potentially longer lasting effect than the high-tech.

That said, I think it is time to run to the gym.
Rob