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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  1. Davey Do

    Happy New Year to allnurses!

    You've heard of the grasshopper and ant concepts, right Kitiger? Well, I believe I'm a hybrid: Live for the Summer, but just in case you make it to the Winter, be somewhat
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    Happy New Year to allnurses!

    Wow, brandy, great information. You wouldn't want to become my personal financial advisor, would you? I am so pleased that you are enjoying your retirement and have a grand financial plan for the...
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    OUTSTANDING, Daisy! I thought after I posted this image, "It's too personal to me and esoteric for anyone to get them", but based on the information given, you did a really really good job!...
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    Oh, so you're a polysnack abuser, eh Nurse Blaq? From what I can tell, you do set aside certain specific times to abuse your snacks, like when there a dramatic thread a-brewin'. That's good- it...
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    Challenge

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    How do you deal with workplace discrimination?

    I echo the others in their empathy for you, Lovethenurse. This may just be an uphill battle where you decide to retreat, or stay, fight the good fight, and show them the way. I have been on both...
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    Yes, jedrnurse, but most of the members usually only attend the meetings when court mandated after the popcorn presses a charge of
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    I can identify Daisy, in that finding and joining allnurses, and the subsequent feeling discussing nursing with other nurses, was an unexpected boost. I had just bought my '51 Chevy pickup in...
  9. One thing that pops into my mind, magnolia, that I experienced while in the position of an NS in HH, albeit was about 25 years ago, is nurses having a doctor's order before performing a procedure....
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    Challenge

    Early in our relationship, I had lost something around the house, and Belinda was helping me look for it. At one point, she asked, "Did you find it?" I replied, "If I find it, I will call out, 'FOUND...
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    Challenge

    Liberace was some kind of showman, wasn't he? Wow. I was going through some of my 150+ journals, looking for a pretty good color cartoon I know I did of him years ago in order to fulfill your...
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    Debriefing my First Rapid Response

    I'm just a dumb old psych nurse who's been in a couple of Codes and RR over the years, but I wanted to support you in your endeavor to gain knowledge and learn how to do your job better, 2020newgrad....
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    While NurseBlaq sits there in the dark, watching the drama, downing
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    I read TMIML's post three times, so I don't have a need to copy it here, for once again, another expressed my perspective in their own words. I doff my proverbial hat to you
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    Unlike Sour Lemon who has a need to copy an entire post in order to answer it, I usually copy only the pertinent information on which to focus. But your entire post, Emergent, every word, rings...
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    Oh, I'm going to have to call you on this weak lemonade you have served up, Sour Lemon! Your passionate persona comes through in your posts which are direct and filled with wisdom, with just a...
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    Challenge

    Thanks for the fodder, @NurseBlaq. I will do something with your responses, but the time's getting close to closing down my Art Room Shop. In the meantime, I'll leave you with something in the...
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    Challenge

    Thank you, Hoosier. I copied a quote from a Sociology book years ago which I believe exemplifies your
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    Your insight and coping mechanisms are extraordinary, NurseBlaq. I also sense you are a person of higher consciousness who uses their good sense of humor to deal with stressors. This brings up...
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    Forced to another shift/floor when I have senority?

    I can really commiserate with you, DribbleKing. Some people are so good at manipulating their media in order to get a desired outcome. I would advise objectively documenting the situations,...
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    How much should I ask for?

    When I worked HH as a nursing sup, I also did visits and shifts and would be paid for them above my salaried position. But as a nursing sup for a community mental health clinic, there was no way to...
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    How much should I ask for?

    The administrator accused me of having a messiah complex. Heck, I was 22 years old and still had my girlish figure. What did I
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    Challenge

    With absolutely no disrespect intended toward Jesus and/or His teachings: Get it? "Drag"? "To pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty" vs "To...
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    How much should I ask for?

    Are we playing one upmanship here, Hoosier? Well, alright then: In 1979, I once worked 112 hours in a row! Albeit, I was allowed to sleep at times, but I never left the