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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    Recycled Art

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

    I do a lot of recycled art- using basically using throw away things and making something out of it. It's probably genetic, as my Dad was one to make useful things out of junk. So, I'm starting this...
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    Working as a CNA in SNF vs. Assisted Living

    Davey Do replied to FutureRNMatt's topic in General Nursing

    Much more experience will be gained through working in SNFs compared to assisted living. SNFs are more medically oriented, whereas assisted living is basic ADLs. I have worked SNFs as a CNA, LPN,...
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    Daily Rant Thread

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

    I started working at Wrongway Regional Medical Center in March 2003. At the time, they had a GEMS (Going the Extra Mile) program and one of the rewards of doing so was based on no call offs in a...
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    Nursing PTSD Is Real

    Davey Do replied to Guest1119933's topic in General Nursing

    You're welcome, PLG. Making our thoughts and feelings tangible through art is a good first step in healing, and it's also a good maintenance tool. Art & exercise has buoyed me on through...
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    Daily Rant Thread

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

    Okay, here's an oldie but a goodie, straaaaaaaaight from the groovegard: "What is your problem?!" This question is typically asked with a condescending tone and is passive-aggressive,...
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    Daily Rant Thread

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

    My work wife Eleanor used to say about her kids when it came to just picking their stuff up around the house, "They act like they're blind and broken at the
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    GIFs

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

    A couple of GIFs I made for the Old Folks Forums with which I am pleased
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    Should good health be a requirement for certain positions?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    "Should good health be a requirement for certain positions?" The inability to perform assigned tasks can be a cause for dismissal. However, documented guidance, counselling, opportunity, and time...
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    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

    Davey Do replied to isabelladsouza99's topic in General Nursing

    I was hit head-on by a pickup truck while riding my motorcycle when I was 19 years old. I suffered a multitude of fractures and internal injuries, along with a closed head injury which left me in a...
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    Nursing PTSD Is Real

    Davey Do replied to Guest1119933's topic in General Nursing

    In dealing with my own diagnosis of PTSD, I learned and was blessed with a multitude of coping mechanisms from various sources. I was working as an ACT RN when stabbed in the back by a client...
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    Nursing PTSD Is Real

    Davey Do replied to Guest1119933's topic in General Nursing

    Thank goodness for experience and desensitization. Experiencing an NDE at such a young age, followed by multiple exposures to death, allowed me to gain a perspective on death I made not have...
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    A Sticky Wicket

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last night, I got into a disagreement with my best buddy's D-I-Ls. They wanted to use copies of the armbands of deceased patients, and display them publicly, as evidence against a hospital's...
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    A Sticky Wicket

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

    In other words, I woke up. Happy April Fool's
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    Nursing PTSD Is Real

    Davey Do replied to Guest1119933's topic in General Nursing

    Deaths have never really bothered me, granted I was never involved in caring for anyone who died that was not an adult. Since my own NDE at the age of nineteen, I strongly believe that when our...
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    What orders from providers have made you laugh the most?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't read a psychiatrist's written med order, so I called him, being the personable fellow he was. "What does it look like I wrote?" He asked. "Well, sir", I replied, "I looks like you...
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    Nursing PTSD Is Real

    Davey Do replied to Guest1119933's topic in General Nursing

    "Reliving every moment" is a cyclic mental process called rumination, in the same way a cow chews its cud over and over and over again. It's our way of trying to find the answer, or even a clue, which...
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    Davey Do's News

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

    Fifteen years ago on this date, Davey Do was born! I was on a 34-mile ride on my single speed bicycle, and it was very windy. I thought of the Disney version of A.A Milne's Winnie the Pooh,...
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    What orders from providers have made you laugh the most?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    In January 1984, my first job as a new LPN was in a Mom & Pop Nursing Home. There was a cute little old man who use to sit at the glass door entrance and self administer his
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    FMLA for Stress/Mental Health

    Davey Do replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Allow me to express empathy for your loss and other major stressors in your life, BunnyBunny. I have very little firsthand empirical knowledge to share, however, it seems as though a psychiatric...
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    "It's Just a Sprain"

    Davey Do posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    "Guys always say 'it's just a sprain' because this way they can avoid falling into the clutches of medical care." "The guy mind does not believe in medical care. Guys will generally not seek...
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    Nursing and Children

    Davey Do posted a topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    In being member of allnurses for over a decade, I have seen, yet not entirely read, countless threads by nurses who have or wanted children and the subsequent problems with the working schedule,...
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    Davey Do replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody manages Dave RN, who, disguised as the Midnight Male Ninja Nurse, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    Davey Do replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    I was the RN for an ACT team when a transition in the way meds and client med teaching took place. The supervisor cell phoned me one morning and said that she wanted to meet with me in her office that...
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    Davey Do replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Okay sideshowstarlet, start criticizing my renderings due to lack of qualities based in reality and I'm taking my ball point pen and going home! It's not like you're a "mainattractionstar"!...
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    The Elderly: A Request

    Davey Do replied to JKL33's topic in General Nursing

    Unless many caregivers get more external validation rather than just a paycheck, we just want to get the job done and are basically self-centered individuals. I am as guilty of just wanting to...