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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    Wastefulness in healthcare

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    On the other side of things, recycling, there's a guy who's an auto mechanic extraordinaire on an antique truck website whose wife is an RT. She brings home discarded O2 tubing and he make use of...
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    Wastefulness in healthcare

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Emergent- what are some of the wastes you've seen at your
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    Wise One Liners

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

    Or, on a bad day you could
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    Wastefulness in healthcare

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This area of wastefulness has to do with staff: WRMC is paying an outrageous amount of money for staff to basically sit and do nothing as a result of Joint Commission's unfounded concern over ligature...
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    Onerous Onboarding With Nasty Nellie, The Job That Lasted a Week

    Davey Do replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    In reading this thread, some quotes by people wiser than me come to mind: "Rally around the flag!" "Speak softly and carry a big stick." "Nearly all (people) can stand adversity. If you want to test a...
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    Wastefulness in healthcare

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Superfluously
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    Wastefulness in healthcare

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    At Wrongway Regional Medical Center (WRMC), superfluous redundancy in computer charting and paperwork is one of the biggest wastes that comes to mind, Emergent. WRMC went to computer charting back in...
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    Afraid I gave someone a bloodborne disease

    Davey Do replied to RN8903's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect, RN8903, this mindset leans a little toward unfounded paranoia. Observing universal precautions precautions is a prudent must, but come on now! Not changing gloves between...
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    Benefits of consecutive work schedule?

    Davey Do replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

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    Benefits of consecutive work schedule?

    Davey Do replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    I work Fri-Sat-Sun 12 hour MNs. Pro: When I work, my head is totally there and I can choreograph my Friday night to Black Sabbath's "Electric Funeral" and my Monday morning to Tchaikovsky's "Swan...
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    Wise One Liners

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

    Yes! Your flight instructor's Wise One Liner reminds me of one of Charles Schultz's Peanuts
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    What non-hospital jobs can I get into?

    Davey Do replied to nurseannonymous's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, nurseanonymous, we have to kiss a lot of Warhols before we find our Rembrandt. You're gaining knowledge and experience and that's important. In over 35 years of nursing, I've worked at 10...
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    What was nursing like in the year of 2000?

    Davey Do replied to jezun's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I found a drawing from a 2000 journal that sort of exemplifies the chaos of dealing with paperwork when I worked as an outpatient nurse for a community mental health clinic. And here's one from the...
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    I should be happy with this new "dream" job

    Davey Do replied to proudRN's topic in General Nursing

    They say "If it ain't broke don't fix it", but perhaps you might consider sabotaging your dream job, Leesaw, stir a little sheisse, create some excitement and drama, fix whatever you break, and come...
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    Wise One Liners

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

    About 30 years ago, I was called into the director's office for failure to perform a task that I or none of the other nurses cared to do. The director went over how important this task was, that we...
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    Wise One Liners

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

    This may be a Wise *** One Liner", but I like to compliment others with, "That's very ...something... of
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    I am not good at nursing

    Davey Do replied to Lostinorlando's topic in General Nursing

    Find someone else to be the scapegoat, put all the blame on them, and you'll never have to grow personally or as a nurse. Works for me. Now that I have your attention, I'll let you know that I'm being...
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    This is Where the Cowboy Rides Away

    Davey Do replied to OldDude's topic in School

    You WILL check in or I'm going to throw a tantrum so big, you'll be sorry, Bucko! And I mean that too! Gosh darn it! (I'm sorry I had to use profanity. But do have a good
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    Wise One Liners

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

    You're probably familiar with the quote "Time heals all wounds". Several years ago, when I was having a problem with plantar fasciitis, while researching the problem, I ran across an article titled,...
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    What was nursing like in the year of 2000?

    Davey Do replied to jezun's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Interesting questions there, jezun. You know, aside from what egglady and Viva said, computers and paperwork, not all that much has changed in my area, psych, since 2000. I've worked primarily psych...
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    Choreographed Nursing Care

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

    Included in this thread on Choreographed Nursing Care is a song and dance number from the musical "Joint Commission Superstar" about the staff who have to act as a door! (If you look closely, you'll...
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    Choreographed Nursing Care

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    A patient incontinent of urine was transferred to the geriatric psych unit from another facility via ambulance stretcher and my work wife Eleanor immediately met the patient's hygienic needs. Later,...
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    Joint Commission and Ligature Points

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

    As I was sitting being a Door, I came up with an idea about a song for that musical called "Joint Commission Superstar". Maybe I could do a little dance number to the tune of "Camp Town
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    I'm having a hard time finding an RN Job

    Davey Do replied to nurse0000's topic in General Nursing

    At times like this, nurse0000, we may just have to focus on our priorities. We can't have our cake and... well, you
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    Escaped Mental Patient

    Davey Do replied to ashagreyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    When we've done all we can do, we just have to "Let go and let God", ashagreyjoy. Good work,