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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    Social Media's Impact on Health Information: What Can Nurses Do?

    Davey Do replied to Tonya Lynn RN's topic in General Nursing

    In formation shared with patients on the mechanisms in regard to their treatment needs to be titrated to their level of understanding. Merely using statements like, "Your disease is caused by a...
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    Davey Do's News

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

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    Social Media's Impact on Health Information: What Can Nurses Do?

    Davey Do replied to Tonya Lynn RN's topic in General Nursing

    Empirical knowledge is that information which is gained by direct observation. For example, antipsychotics act as dopamine antagonists in order to abate the inappropriate behavior in patients...
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    The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Love or fear can exist and be experienced at the same time. For example, we can love someone and fear for their safety at the time, so perhaps a more appropriate statement would be worded "All...
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    The Psychology Behind Talking Politics.

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Basically, knowledge is power. If we learn something is amiss, we can deal with it. Identifying the problem is the first step of the problem-solving process. However, the majority of knowledge in...
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    The Lost Art of Letter Writing

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I hear ya, No Stars. What started out as letters with my NY pen pal has gone to postcards. He started it, really, and I followed suit. It's really kind of fun, because we often do art based on...
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    Social Media's Impact on Health Information: What Can Nurses Do?

    Davey Do replied to Tonya Lynn RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Geeze, Hoosier, don't apologize- give yourself a pat on the back for your ability to make a learning process entertaining. There are those who could use an abstract sense of humor in their...
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    Open Arts

    Davey Do posted a topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    About a month ago, I joined and have been active in this Open Arts Forum website. Basically, artists submit their work to different forums, e.g. poetry, visual arts, and other artists comment on the...
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    Open Arts

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Open Arts is sponsored by the editor, and he pays the costs for running the site. He informed me that advertisers are not keen on the use of profanity. The bottom line on just about every site is...
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    Social Media's Impact on Health Information: What Can Nurses Do?

    Davey Do replied to Tonya Lynn RN's topic in General Nursing

    "Discouraging the public from self-diagnosing" caught my eye. One of the first things we do as nurses in teaching is to gain baseline knowledge. Baseline knowledge is a starting point, a point of...
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    GIFs

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

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    GIFs

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    The first GIF made from a video that I
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    Nurses Combating the Health Risks of Working Nights

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

    It's only unfortunate if we do not plan our lives, then want our cake and eat it
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    Nurses Combating the Health Risks of Working Nights

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

    Ways to deal with the misalignment of the circadian cycle is mentioned in this article without the mention of changing one's own clock to fit one's work schedule. The probable main reason is...
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    Open Arts

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Open Arts is currently my favorite forum, knocking all nurses out of its 12-year top slot. I recently received accolades and am featured on Open Arts Front Page for this submission"...
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    Sleeping On Unit

    Davey Do replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    I reiterate: "The journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step." The pain that you are now feeling, Aloe_sky, I felt 30 years ago, probably with similar thoughts and fears. I...
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    The Things That Come Out Of Your Mouth...

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

    Double Post
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    The Things That Come Out Of Your Mouth...

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

    Your little
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    Which is the best job offer for New Grad?

    Davey Do replied to Ana Viktoriya's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We often have difficulty, as the idiom goes, seeing the forest for the trees. As a new grad, we can be in the middle of the forest and feel lost because there is so much stuff with which to deal....
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    Hope for bullying?

    Davey Do replied to CShel's topic in General Nursing

    Bullying always has been and will always be used as a coping mechanism as long as there is those with low self-esteem. To put another down makes those with low self-esteem feel less pain about...
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    Sleeping On Unit

    Davey Do replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Aloe_sky, these are lessons I learned having lived 65 years and working as a professional caregiver for 47 of those years. Of course, I experienced every emotion imaginable and did my fair share of...
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    Sleeping On Unit

    Davey Do replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    When complaints are made, it is the higher ups responsibility to have paperwork to prove the complaint was investigated and something was done about it. We don't have to like it, we merely have...
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    We are so short today that I have a bucket next to me to pee in.

    Davey Do replied to carebear01's topic in General Nursing

    Well, as the old saying goes, at least you "have a pot to (pee) in or a window to throw it out
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    Going from 3 12s to M-F 5 8s

    Davey Do replied to TryingtoThriveRN's topic in General Nursing

    For the last three years of my time at Wrongway Regional Medical Center, I worked three twelve-hour weekend option shifts and I would have gone back to nine 8-hour shifts every two weeks in a...
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    Unpaid Wages

    Davey Do replied to may1787's topic in General Nursing

    When terminated from my last job, my notice stated that I would be paid for all back pay, including accrued vacation. I gave them ample time, received no further pay, wrote a letter requesting the...