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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    Exit interview survey, tell the truth, lie or ignore

    Davey Do replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    I read this after I posted and support your decision, Forest2. One reason why I journal is because I can say or draw anything I want without worry of repercussion. And, like I said before, "it's one...
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    Exit interview survey, tell the truth, lie or ignore

    Davey Do replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    As Walter Brennan said in the old TV series "The Guns of Will Sonnet": "No brag, just fact." I am brutally honest, to the very best of my ability, all the time. Case in point: I was called down to HR,...
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    Med passes

    Davey Do replied to payitforward's topic in General Nursing

    Good one. I've modified the adage a bit with "A priority on your part does not necessarily constitute one on mine". Something has been said along the lines of "We don't ask someone doing nothing to do...
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    The Weekend of... 7-5 to 7-8-19

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

    In 1979, when I worked at the Anomaly Children's Home I was introduced to the concept of "tiny murders" through a well-seasoned worker: "Tiny murders", he said, "Are those little things with which you...
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    The Weekend of... 7-5 to 7-8-19

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

    Interesting note: This patient was loud and verbally aggressive when their glucose level was 447. I contacted the NP and got orders for some insulin. After monitoring the patient for a while, I found...
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    Pumping at work

    Davey Do replied to newmom17's topic in General Nursing

    ...the Holmes Room? Seriously, newmom, I never use real names in any way in any of my posts because I'm afraid of possible repercussions. Like klone squirting me in the
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    The Weekend of... 7-5 to 7-8-19

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

    Sunday night, the lithe, loud, psychotic female patient became the third 1:1 and Mickey Weird was sitting with her. I was working the floor. The patient had received Haldol 5mg/Ativan 1mg IM earlier...
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    Med passes

    Davey Do replied to payitforward's topic in General Nursing

    I have my own"rules of engagement" which are obviously much like yours, payitforward, and have received guff from my supervisor when I informed a family member they they had to "wait your turn". I...
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    The Weekend of... 7-5 to 7-8-19

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

    Sunday night, I worked with Sharn who took her turn as charge nurse. Again, I was assigned to work the floor for the first two hours of the 11p-7a portion of the shift. Ranger Rodd use to be a regular...
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    BSN but not a nurse

    Davey Do replied to PirateArrrNnnn's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thanks for the plug and wait no longer! On topic, I've known of two situations where where employees had misrepresented themselves. One occurred back in '86 while I worked at Weed Rover Township...
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    Wrongway Medication Icons

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    Friday night, while sitting in the nurses station, I was working on finishing up two admissions. Bestica, the acting house supervisor, dropped a Staff Education form on top of one the admissions that...
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    Wrongway Medication Icons

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

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    Did you live alone, worked while going to nursing school?

    Davey Do replied to Hanhxx's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Following K+MgSO4's response is going to make mine pale in comparison. Great response! While going through the RN program in 1987-90, I worked full time as an LPN in chemical dependency...
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    Wrongway Medication Icons

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

    Yeah, TeaPlease. It doesn't matter. We know what we're talking
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    Wrongway Medication Icons

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

    I received two texts Monday after work. The first one was from my brother-in-arms psych tech Rooty Payne, and read: "Did you enjoy your meeting this morning?" The second was from the psych dept house...
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    No Order

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    Friday night had a patient who said she had experienced some dysuria in the evening and was currently, in the wee hours, experiencing anuria. I got a bladder scan of 366 mls and contacted the NP who...
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    No Order

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

    Excellent posts, all of you! When I went back to look at my original order, sure enough it said "continuous" without specifics. The nurses that followed me probably saw just that and cathed the...
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    Are we not asked to give to much?

    Davey Do replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect, KalipsoRed, I have to agree with not.done yet and expand upon the issues part by adding that I sense a victim role is prevalent here. We cease being victims when we refuse to...
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    Do you have a side hustle?

    Davey Do replied to Mrsvirgomama's topic in General Nursing

    Back before I got my current position making great money, I would do all kinds of art for extra income from painting murals for a community theatre to comic submissions to a local rag to street...
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    Wrongway Medication Icons

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

    Thanks for your interest, klone. "Administered" is the key word, referring to the past tense. The bottle icon brings up the meds which have already been administered (or have been missed dosed for one...
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    Feeling incompetent & discouraged

    Davey Do replied to MamaBear2326's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah. Wow, MamaBear, it sounds as though you're being thrown into situations that are way above where you should be. Maybe things have changed since I was in school and/or worked ER, but I don't think...
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    Co-worker issue

    Davey Do replied to weluvoands's topic in General Nursing

    What we have here is someone who sees the reality of a situation, a victim and an enabler. A non victim would have discussed the situation out front and dealt with it in a realistic, professional
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    Seriously, stop making this job harder! For yourself and everyone around you.

    Davey Do replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I was being sincere, TP. Your posts are well-written and interesting to read. Although I am not in total agreement with your perspective, I respect your position and actions and do wish you the
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    Seriously, stop making this job harder! For yourself and everyone around you.

    Davey Do replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's so silly when members copy an entire post and then submit something like "I agree 100%!" Droll. TP, I truly appreciated your post and found it to be one well-written, entertaining read!...
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    First nursing interview in Psych!!

    Davey Do replied to bobannna's topic in Psychiatric

    The Double Post Ghost strikes