Davey Do

Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years)

Overcome fear by seeing the funny yet ridiculous side of every situation.- Edgar Cayce

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    Nursing and Sign Language

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. Learning the signs sitting in front of a mirror, fingerspelling can be learned in a very short amount of time. Your mention of a book caused me to bring down from my shelves the book...
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    Nursing and Sign Language

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Your entire post was interesting, Grumpy. I didn't copy in its entirety just because my posts are cluttered enough as it is The image which shows the British version of "nurse" is much like the...
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    Nursing and Sign Language

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I'd be called to some other units or the ER if a hearing impaired patient was receiving services. Being a male, the patients would often ask me if I was a doctor. "No", I would sign, "I'm a...
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    Nursing and Sign Language

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    When I would first meet a hearing impaired a[tient, I would give them the "I" signand then the "sign" sign. Numerous times , I saw a look of relief on their face that said to me, "At last! Someone...
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention, the old Snarkometers were not very user
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    On another thread, @Jedrnurse brought out his Snarkometer and measured the degree of snark in one member's
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Who needs to argue with someone on the internet when I can just argue with
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! Does anyone have any ideas for what the allnurse netiquette word balloon could say? I've got the giffer all set up and it would be very easy to change the wording, and I could make a...
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    allnurses' netiquette

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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect, Phoenix... "Only 15% think emojis improve workplace communication. 29% say it makes colleagues look unprofessional; the number jumps to 36% when upper management uses them....
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    "So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie..." -Walter Sobchak, The Big...
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I asked God, “God, how long is a million years?” God answered, “To me, it’s about a minute.” Then I asked, “God, how much is a million dollars?” God said, “To me, it’s...
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    allnurses' netiquette

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    allnurses' netiquette

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    When Your Patient Wants To Talk Politics

    Davey Do replied to KC,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for my first truly LOL this morning,
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    Scared Patient, "The World is Spinning!": Nurse in Action

    Davey Do replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    "Forever Flatline" sounds like a romantic song by Rod Stewart, doesn't
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    If we respond with a contradictory argument and feed their monkey, aren't we
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've always been attracted to people's behavior and attempted to understand why they behave as they do. I have a theory here: A definition of melting pot is "a place where different peoples,...
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    How to Deal with Staff Who Don't Like You?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    The entire class would loudly groan when our high school literature teacher instructed us to take out a piece sheet of paper, for we knew were going to have a pop quiz. "People!" he would say, "A...
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about you Daisy, but I hate it when we get chastised by the allnurses netiquette word
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Translation: "My friend it sounds simple, but it's snot!" Que c'est BON
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    Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

    Davey Do replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    The like being Serax (oxazepam)? as it is not metabolised via the liver as the other benzodiazepines. Serax is metabolised chiefly through the kidneys. The medical director of the CD treatment...
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    Can't seem to find my niche in nursing.

    Davey Do replied to Chrissy Brandon Lindsay's topic in General Nursing

    Abstractly speaking, "You have to kiss a lot of Warhols before you find your Rembrandt". I'm also interested in "addictive disease clinic". Is that what's really called? I've heard only of...
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    allnurses' netiquette

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    We have a winner! You're correct, JKL. It would have been better if I would have said, "Au contraire, mon cheri!" But posting in a language other than English is forbidden by the TOS,...
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    Resign while probationary period

    Davey Do replied to Judy911's topic in General Nursing

    I love it when you use numbers, speedynurse. It's so