Mary Dover

Mary Dover

Psych, hospice, family practice

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  1. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    Mary Dover replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    "Welcome to the

  2. Rectal Exam

    Mary Dover replied to jade95's topic in General Nursing

    My question is, why do you

  3. Christmas Humor

    Mary Dover replied to nurse wisdom's topic in Nursing Humor

    From: Santa Claus I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer serve the States of Georgia, Florida, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, and...

  4. involuntary committments by POLICE!

    Mary Dover replied to PGH70's topic in Psychiatric

    In NC ANYONE who has direct knowledge that a person presents a danger to themselves or others, can petition the magistrate to have them picked up by law enforcement. If the magistrate finds that there...

  5. Hypothalmia

    Mary Dover replied to KaraLea's topic in Psychiatric

    KaraLea, Glad you clarified that. Here's the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for dysthymia: 1.Occurs over a 2 year period (1 year for children and adolescents), presence of depressed mood. 2.Sx cause...

  6. Practical jokes at work

    Mary Dover replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    MHN, soo funny! You coming to work at OUR

  7. Air Force

    Mary Dover replied to jsauer's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    My husband's in the Air Force, but he's not a nurse - not in the medical field at all. But if there are any general Air Force questions you may have, I can try to find out some answers maybe....

  8. Practical jokes at work

    Mary Dover replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, and fedup, with laughter being the best medicine, just think of the shorter length of stays for pts. HMO's would LOVE

  9. Practical jokes at work

    Mary Dover replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This stuff is soooo funny, I was still laughing for several minutes after I walked away from the computer to go get more coffee. You guys are great! Here's an idea - let's open our own 'Allnurses'...

  10. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    Mary Dover replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    OK - here is a list of the tokens I received for nurse week during the 7 years I was at my last agency: 1) nothing 2) notta 3) zilch 4) nil 5) goose egg 6) blankers 7) and last but not least, not a...

  11. What is your net take home pay every two weeks?

    Mary Dover replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    I will say that the w/e diff at the job I'm about to start is

  12. Bubble gum myth or truth?

    Mary Dover replied to proud2bme's topic in General Nursing

    Brownms - my dad told us something similar, only it was fish and ice cream. He swore it was true. I'm still living, so I doubt it - if I get a hankerin for ice cream, doesn't matter what I ate...

  13. Promethazine IV Question

    Mary Dover replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My husband got IV Phenergan recently for N/V during a GI virus. REALLY messed his vein up. IV fluids were finished, so I guess it was given as an afterthought. By late that evening, he started to...

  14. Separating work from home life

    Mary Dover replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Find a "worry tree". An actual tree, somewhere between home and work/school, on which to visualize yourself hanging worries from home - when on your way to work, then respectively hanging work worries...

  15. A squeaking heart

    Mary Dover replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it was the leather pants that you appear to be sporting in your most recent avatar. Maybe you had them pulled up a little too high that

  16. Monster CNA Charged With Murder By Windshield

    Mary Dover replied to Cascadians's topic in General Nursing

    Heard her lawyer say on TV last night "it's not murder- it's simply failure to render aid". Unbelievable and

  17. What shift do you work? Why?

    Mary Dover replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    No shift work at my job, thank goodness. I am blessed to have a schedule of 8-4:30 Mon-Fri. All holidays off. Never have to work Christmas. This is a blessing for me. I'm not a night person. And love...

  18. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

    Mary Dover replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Career

    Quite proud to be a nurse. Right now I am the only nurse in the mental health clinic where I work. You know - the longer I am a nurse, the more I start to realize just how much weight the word of a...

  19. nursing options after psych nursing??

    Mary Dover replied to misseymac's topic in Psychiatric

    I am new here, read your post this morning, and tried to post a response. but got lost in the process. If you are stll seeking input, feel free to email me at [email protected] I have been in...