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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    Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit

    Davey Do replied to CoffeeMuffins's topic in General Nursing

    Belinda worked med surg for over a decade at Wrongway before getting the IMU position at Anomaly. She is one Cracker Jack nurse and says IMU is much more intense than med surg; much more stressful....
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    JUST finished school

    Davey Do replied to Guest 1064378's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you. When I worked MNs back in the '80's, I loathed them. Once I got into a routine, MNs became my fav. Hang in there, FitnessPleese. There are a lot of good threads on working MNs-...
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    JUST finished school

    Davey Do replied to Guest 1064378's topic in General Nursing

    And a hearty Hell to you, FinessPleese! Dropped the "o" on that one, didn't you? NCLEX was called State Boards when I took my LPN boards in 1984 and RN boards in 1990. I took both within a...
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    Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit

    Davey Do replied to CoffeeMuffins's topic in General Nursing

    My wife Belinda works IMU at Anomaly Memorial and it is as RNperdiem stated,
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    Unit Closed - Should I move on?

    Davey Do replied to Nurse1220's topic in General Nursing

    My advice: Allow The Fates to guide you, Nurse1220. If it's meant to be-whether it be staying in psych or transferring to med surge- The Fates will show you the way. I found that by allowing...
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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

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    Job offers

    Davey Do replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if impure hell is better than pure hell? I stayed on a MN schedule for 17 years even when not scheduled to work, so my 45-50 minute drive home was merely tedious. It is good that...
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    Should I Quit or Give up? Glucometer Failure ?

    Davey Do replied to cj_94's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question: Now that I no longer work with Eleanor, is she now my EX work
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    Should I Quit or Give up? Glucometer Failure ?

    Davey Do replied to cj_94's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that something? You are a warriess in dealing with medical emergencies but are a cream puff when it comes to using the telephone.
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    Should I Quit or Give up? Glucometer Failure ?

    Davey Do replied to cj_94's topic in General Nursing

    My work wife Eleanor had been employed at St.E's, then Wrongway, since 1984- 36 years in the same department and had to ask me the extension numbers to the other units! Eleanor is one Cracker...
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    Last Question! I Swear

    Davey Do replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should ask as many questions as you want, LibraNurse. You are an example of a quality caregiver and your submissions are a good reason why this site exists. My heart goes out to...
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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

    Hey @Joe! Compressed from 2.8 to 1.69MB! Thanks for sharing your
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    Dealing With Traumatic Patient Deaths

    Davey Do replied to holyroyd's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Flashback, or rumination over an event, is a way that we attempt to find the knowable in the sometimes unknowable, holyroyd. Our brains get locked on the event and the thoughts and feelings cycle over...
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    Should I Quit or Give up? Glucometer Failure ?

    Davey Do replied to cj_94's topic in General Nursing

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    Should I Quit or Give up? Glucometer Failure ?

    Davey Do replied to cj_94's topic in General Nursing

    At Wrongway we use to use Data Doc glucometers which had a little indentation on the strip where it could just be wiped across the drop of blood and voila! No problem getting a reading. Wrongway...
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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

    Around Christmas when we were kids, my little sister Cat use to love singing a song she learned in Grade School titled "Santa's Using Zebras Now". This GIF is to that
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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

    Found this fitting version
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    Job offers

    Davey Do replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    Hands down, no contest, the OR job, both for the travel time and having worked both
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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

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    Season's Greetings to allnurses!

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

    A few years ago, I made a $500 deposit in my savings account. As I walked out of the bank, I looked at the receipt and noticed an error. My savings account was not credited with $500, but $5,000!...
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    Bombed New Grad Interview

    Davey Do replied to Crawdadssing's topic in General Nursing

    I did RN clinicals at St E's in the Spring of 1990, about ten years before it became Wrongway Regional. I applied at St. E's and got an interview for a position in psych later that year. I was being...
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    Do you ever feel undeserving to be called a nurse?

    Davey Do replied to mtanner's topic in General Nursing

    My first LPN instructor told the class in 1983, "If you can do nothing else, just be there for the patient". I figured that if I doing nothing else, but was there for the patient, I was a "real"...