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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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    Davey Do replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Somewhere I learned that the first employee a customer meets is a first impression of that business. I was told that I represent the facility for which I work and that first impression of me as the...
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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

    Speaking of mental health challenges, my tablet is acting in a challenging manner, and I may just have to use pen & paper to render these cartoons. Also speaking of mental stuff, my mind goes...
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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

    "As the preacher said, 'I could write shorter sermons, but once I get started, I'm too lazy to stop.'" -Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie
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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

    @sideshowstarlet: May I have your permission -should I get to that point, as we artists are self-centered flibbertigibbets who follow momentary whims- to illustrate parts of your post into...
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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 already had my coffee for this morning, sideshowstarlet (or may I just call you S3?) and found your post extremely entertaining. Humor is always a good thing to have in situations as...
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    Thank you for the well wishes, JBMmom. I let Belinda know about my online stuff and will convey them to her. Well, to respectfully disagree, it's always been that way. Case in point: Some...
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    I Hope Some Of Your Days Are Still Worth It

    Davey Do replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    When we do this work only for external validation, we will always come up on the short end of the stick, JBMmom. But to receive that external validation is an uplifting experience no matter how much...
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    Do you ever blame yourself for things that you had no control of, or wasn't your fault?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    With experience comes knowledge and wisdom and it is a rough row to hoe in getting there. In the meantime, the words of the wise often buoyed me through the waters of self-doubt, such as: God...
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    Do you ever blame yourself for things that you had no control of, or wasn't your fault?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    In our endeavors for a universal consensus, considering ourselves as being the one responsible is a variable in the
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    Waiting Around to Die

    Davey Do posted a topic in Retired Nurses

    We are born, go to school, work at a job most of our lives, have family, retire and die. If we're lucky. I figure that I am one of the lucky ones who is afforded the luxury of being able to...
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    As a Sister Knitter, Hoosier, you know what you can do to weather the doldrums. I will pass on your kind words to Belinda, for she is well aware of you and our virtual friendship. Go Hoosiers!...
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    Feeling Humiliated and Discouraged

    Davey Do replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    In two positions as a NS, I was demoted at one after 1 1/2 years and terminated at another after one year. I commiserate with you, missnursingstudent, and know what a blow it can be to one's ego, for...
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    Can you tell me what days are considered weekend where you work?

    Davey Do replied to johnnymoney99's topic in General Nursing

    A good question for a great username, johnnymoney! At Wrongway Regional Medical Center, weekend option people worked F-S-S or S-S-M. It's the same at Anomaly Memorial Hospital where my medical...
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    Belinda is doing just ducky, londonflo, and I will inform her of your kind words. I try to always get and remember the names of those who provide services. Lessee... Jen, Dr. K, Ashley, Lisa,...
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    And so it is, Ms. Daisy and I do believe I've reached my destination. I wanted to share with others Our Lap Chole Story in order to give a perspective that could be related to and learned from in...
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    Life is a musical, and a couple of classics were rewritten into Our Lap Chole Story. For example, the surgeon informed me the procedure had gone well and that a stone had been blocking the bile...
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    Thank you for your post, kind words, points, and perspectives, Daisy. It's always good hearing from such a wise and wonderful person such as yourself. An interesting thing occurred while...
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    Have you ever given a ride to and from work for your colleagues?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    For a few years, my medical nurse wife Belinda and I worked almost identical eight-hour MN shifts and rode to & from work together. Those were Halcyon
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    Hot off the
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    Belinda went down for surgery late the next morning. An OR nurse requested that I wait five minutes in the waiting room and then come back to OR room five. Thank goodness I only had to listen to The...
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    Music to my ears, JBMmom. Thanks for the well-wishes. Belinda is recovering well and we are waiting for her to poop. Belinda had a few post lap chole patients who returned as inpatients due to...
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    Our Lap Chole Story

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

    Belinda behaved and acted rather strangely as a result of the meds she had received. Having dealt for decades with patients and others who had an altered sense of consciousness due to meds, illicit...
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    Have you ever given a ride to and from work for your colleagues?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Good memory and comparison, JBMmom! Kinda makes me wonder if it's not the emotional vs instrumental factors. You know: The emotional need is too heavy of a thing with which to deal, but with...
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    Have you ever given a ride to and from work for your colleagues?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Revisiting JKL's premise is done in order to identify and exemplify a recurring behavior and is not intended in any way to negatively criticize DK. We are all familiar with the concept that goes...
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    Contracts: Worth the paper they're written on?

    Davey Do replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Contracts... In my experience, Jedrnurse, they're not worth the paper they're printed on. A few cases in point: The hospital where I was an LPN reimbursed me for my RN program tuition...