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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    allnurses' Holiday Reruns

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

    My Dad, along with working as a welder and managing a small farm, was also a fireman for our small town's volunteer fire department. As a kid, I would sometimes go with him when he helped to sell...
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    allnurses' Holiday Reruns

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

    Thank you, JBMmom! These two animations are from "Santa's Visit to the
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    allnurses' Holiday Reruns

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

    Thank you for the kind words, nursel. I am always not so kind, as Santa
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    What's on Your Nurse Christmas Wish List?

    Davey Do replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I remember being the first nurse on my block to get a 1986 Nurses Drug Handbook and I was overjoyed. The most available drug reference resource in the hospital was the PDR, which could also be used as...
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    Burned Out?

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've read posts on this forum where new nurses state that, since their first job in nursing is so very stressful, they are "burned out". Maybe it's just a matter of syntax and I may be splitting...
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    Burned Out?

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

    Joseph Campbell encouraged the concept of "follow your bliss". Basically, Mr. Campbell said that following our bliss, pursuing something we love to do, will energize us, fulfill us, and give our life...
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    allnurses' Holiday Reruns

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

    Like the Christmas Tree at the end of "An Old Fashioned Christmas
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    allnurses' Holiday Reruns

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

    Oooooh! I'm sorry you're crying. Maybe this happy Christmas song will cheer you up
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    Paying People To Do Meaningless Online ED

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

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    Who says Santa can't help you get a NICU job?

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

    The animated "Who Says Santa Can't Help You Get A NICU
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    allnurses' Holiday Reruns

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

    Well, Hoosier, without charge, you can sit back and watch the rerun of an animation that was inspired by you and a town in your home
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    Davey Do replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you, @SarahMaria, for your support on this old thread! Jacob Rockstar-RN wanted to wish you and the other AN members holiday
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    Patient Yelled At Me And I Feel Stupid

    Davey Do replied to RowRN_8855's topic in First Year After Licensure

    And I, in turn, appreciate the feedback on my perceptions, londonflo! To give a little more insight, human behavior, like any other process, can be systematically understood through recognizing...
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    Nurses Deleting Orders to Reduce Charting

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    As a wise supervisor once told me, when I voiced dislike over performing a task, "Hey- you don't have to like it. You only have to do
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    24 hour chart checks?

    Davey Do replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    With paper charting, I would transcribe the prescribing information on the MAR, put the administrating nurse's initials in the box with a slash and add mine. Then, I would go to the nurses notes and...
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    Who says Santa can't help you get a NICU job?

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

    I didn't "stand out", exactly,
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    Passive Hostility Between Workplace Departments

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." -my Dad There are those of us who are not comfortable without chaos- we need something to fix. We create chaos in order to take the focus off of our own primal...
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    I got a counseling letter because I refused to help another staff member with her personal problems?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Take my hand, amoLucia, and I will guide you through the mazes of my mind where monumental mistakes are made: I meant to type TBC, a hit record by BTO, or the name of Elvis' band, Taking Care of...
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    I got a counseling letter because I refused to help another staff member with her personal problems?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    "Typo By
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    I got a counseling letter because I refused to help another staff member with her personal problems?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    There are things called verbal listening and rote responses that work rather well with most and require very little energy. It's a form of positive manipulation. "I am so sorry for your pain and...
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    Paying People To Do Meaningless Online ED

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Before Wrongway got the robot CPR dummy, an elderly nurse in charge of education would give the commands, such as "Harder, harder! Deeper, deeper! Faster, faster!" One staff member commented that...
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    Geographical Error

    Davey Do posted a topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I had purchased and was enjoying the book The President and the Freedom Fighter by Brian Kilmeade when on pages 36-37 I read, "...Alton Indiana, made national news when the editor of an abolitionist...
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    Paying People To Do Meaningless Online ED

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The NM of the geriatric psych unit at Wrongway used to somehow complete the computer modules for some staff just to get them into compliance. Upper management caught wind of this, as well as other...
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    Geographical Error

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

    That is so cool you're reading that book! I had purchased it at Sam's but found another book at a flea market, titled Manhunt by James L. Swanson, about the 12 day search for Booth after he...
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    ebikes

    Davey Do posted a topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I have bicycled regularly as an adult for over 40 years, have owned and modified many bikes, and taken trips as long as 65 miles in a day. In the last few years, my mileage has decreased,...