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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    Burned Out?

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

    A etc. would be lack the lack of coping mechanisms, whether that lack is due to the inability, or desire, to learn them. A truth is that we always feel better when we have someone or something...
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    Caption These Pictures!

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

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    Burned Out?

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

    Thank you, RNperdiem. I beg to differ, in that words carry a certain feel to them. For example, the word friend conveys a relationship closer than an acquaintance, is platonic in nature, and not...
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    Caption These Pictures!

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

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    Caption These Pictures!

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

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    Right specialty for me

    Davey Do replied to jj16's topic in General Nursing

    By labelling something as a unicorn implies that it is mythical and does not exist, so therein lies the
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    Burned Out?

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

    A little research on the concept of burn out yielded some interesting, and sometimes ambiguous, information. The term was coined in the '70's by a psychologist and different sources define burn...
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    Seasoned Nurses Make Me Feel Incompetent

    Davey Do replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes such behaviors from seasoned staff is just a right of passage for new kids on the block. You know, scrutinize the new kid and test his mettle. Other times, these behaviors are a result...
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    Scope of Practice Question

    Davey Do replied to kjones1982's topic in General Nursing

    As long as there's a physician's order, the patient has a history of receiving the med, I don't see any problem administering an NSAID that is not a controlled med. Just a one time help out...
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    How much quiet do you need?

    Davey Do replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    "Silence is golden." -Simon & Garfunkel "Duct tape is silver." -Dopey Joe Being an asocial recluse whose most favorable companion is Henry David's solitude, I've lived my life, as...
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    I'm Not Going To Be A Nurse!

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    @Emergent recently had a great thread titled "So happy to be out of nursing", gave us a status report and future plans. The discussion, as most do, grew organically and went hither & yond....
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    Has anyone ever failed to meet the expectations for 2 jobs?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, back in the mid '90's, I worked full time at an LTC and also did per diem for an HH agency. That was also about the time my free lance art took off, so I was street cartooning, doing shows,...
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    Nursing Storybooks

    Davey Do posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I've decided to write and illustrate some storybooks for children about nursing and similar related subjects.. My first storybook is about when I wanted to be a nurse when I was a
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    Nursing Storybooks

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

    Here's one of my favorite books by a famous author that I owned as a
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    Do you get annoyed when people ask you about your job outside of work?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    The only one even vaguely interested in my and Belinda's nursing career that we socialized with was my little sister, Cat. Cat had been a CNA, worked with the DD population for nearly 30 years before...
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    Do you get annoyed when people ask you about your job outside of work?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Sometime back, an AN member requested
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    Do you get annoyed when people ask you about your job outside of work?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Three words people love to hear over dinner: "Draining anal
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    Requesting Help With Dream Interpretation

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

    For the third night in a row, another nursing dream! This one was short and more realistic than the others. I was reviewing an MAR, one of the old hand written types, which contained realistic...
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    Requesting Help With Dream Interpretation

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

    Nah. I like being tubular in a gnarly sort of way. Less linear, more organic. Besides, I worked in retail and with cash registers back in the 70's, just about the time they switched from the...
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    Requesting Help With Dream Interpretation

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

    Technical problems... please stand
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    Requesting Help With Dream Interpretation

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

    Your post had extra interest with me, @Emergent, with your crying spells and dreams about your new job. Crying is a great release and "we all know", as Herman's Hermits sang, "is not a bad...
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    Requesting Help With Dream Interpretation

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

    Excellent dream interpretations, Daisy, Emergent, & evastone! The symbolic interpretations are worth consideration. I got to thinking yesterday after I posted and a couple of thoughts &...
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    Struggling With New Job

    Davey Do replied to lizdimi54873's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I'd follow up my previous post with a little meat & potatoes advice: First, when experiencing anxiety in a situation, don't forget to deep breathe. We need to oxygenate those brain...
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    Struggling With New Job

    Davey Do replied to lizdimi54873's topic in General Nursing

    Our feelings of anxiety decrease when we feel more confident in our abilities, and that takes world and time, lizdimi. Your words of "My patients are safe and I know what's important" instilled...
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    I'm Not Going To Be A Nurse!

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

    In response to kbrn's post, there's a fable about an wise old man who had some bad things happen to him. When people would express their sorrow at his dismays, he would answer them with "Perhaps they...