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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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if it's a right or a wrong thing, brandy, because sometimes we require an uncomfortable emotion to motivate us to be proactive with issues. Lynyrd Skynyrd sang, "There are things...
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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you
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    Is it wise to work from home?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

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    Administrators are not our Parents

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

    Specific, empirically gained, objective factual evidence to support your premise,
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    Is it wise to work from home?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Having more than one account is against the TOS. ...even if the voices tell me that I should. Folie a
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    New Grad Looking for Job with No Connections

    Davey Do replied to RowRN_8855's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand, SBE. Bait and switch? Oh: Or RN Jekyll and Ms.
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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Our food came from Wrongway's cafeteria which was named "Spice of Life". One nurse commented that the cafe should have been named "Source of
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    New Grad Looking for Job with No Connections

    Davey Do replied to RowRN_8855's topic in General Nursing

    I usually gave prospective employers a week after applying, and if I didn't hear anything, I'd contact them. With one job before I got into nursing, my employer told me that the only reason that...
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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, my coworkers always brought in food. I ate as much as I could... before I got
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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh. Lots of food. For
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    Tired of Being a Nurse

    Davey Do replied to Esanity's topic in General Nursing

    Understood! We work in order to pay our way and save for the future! Let's go back to Square One: A six year sojourn as an OR circulating nurse must hold some interest for you, Esanity....
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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    brandy, I regularly read your posts and enjoy your perspectives and insights, so I feel free to take an opposing viewpoint in this subject of "Promoting Mental Power..." I've pretty much closed...
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    Tired of Being a Nurse

    Davey Do replied to Esanity's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing we truly have the power to change is our perspective. The old saying, "you can't fight city hall" applies here. We cannot cannot always defeat or prevail over a situation or its...
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    Administrators are not our Parents

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

    Bottom line agreement, MLTF. However, adhering to certain standards, such as not putting personalities before principles, quality administrators can manipulate their media and meet goals without...
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    Nurses Caring for Nondiabetics After an Insulin Injection

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago, I worked with an older nurse who, while in nursing school, witnessed Insulin Shock Therapy for psychotic patients diagnosed with schizophrenia....
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    Nurses Caring for Nondiabetics After an Insulin Injection

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I found this, SilverBells, on non-diabetic uses of insulin: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354952/#:~:text=Therefore%2C this leads us to,may prove to be
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    Administrators are not our Parents

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

    Knowledge is power and if knowledge is taken away from us we can feel powerless. One supervisory method is for those in power to institute protocols or sanction actions without declared...
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    Administrators are not our Parents

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

    When administrators at Wrongway Regional Medical Center did not follow protocol as stated, for example , in P&P or the Code of Ethics, a common belief was: "Administration can do whatever it...
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    New Grad Looking for Job with No Connections

    Davey Do replied to RowRN_8855's topic in General Nursing

    Using the shotgun effect, shooting at anything that moved, and camping out on a prospective employers doorstep, until they hired me or told me to stop harassing them, worked for me, RowRN. Good...
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    Tired of Being a Nurse

    Davey Do replied to Esanity's topic in General Nursing

    It's too often that we look for someone or something else to make us happy when our happiness is found within ourselves. "My happiness does not depend on what others do or say or what goes on...
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    Coworkers Reporting Powerful Bowel Movements

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I just love a nice clean
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    Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

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    allnurses doldrums

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    I sense a sort of stagnation on this site. I believe I have figured out its
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    allnurses doldrums

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

    Belinda bought me this
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    allnurses doldrums

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

    From the old TV show, Green Acres: ♪ You are my allnurses wife... Good bye, loyal