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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    "Thank you for your service"

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    How did I ever navigate allnurses for nearly two years without you amoLucia? I must have been like a blind man, stumbling in the
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    "Thank you for your service"

    Davey Do replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no! Not
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    HEY, dude! I can eat popcorn with the best of
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    Anxiety and depressed Nurse

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

    We here at allnurses can be a virtual support, yet not the whole enchilada. I would suggest to you, faithful love, that working your program start now, at this instant. Writing down, with pen and...
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    Anxiety and depressed Nurse

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

    Thank you for the additional information, Faithful love. Valdoxan is a new one on me, and the info I read says it's not approved for use in the USA. It's an atypical antidepressant that has...
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    Gross Me Out ? Contest | Nurses Week

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

    No, that's good, NurseBlaq, because that's what's expected. Now, if the posts start screaming back, that's another
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    Anxiety and depressed Nurse

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

    Make your recovery a life's priority by working a program, Faithful love. Eat, drink, and sleep that program which involves seeking professional help, medications if indicated, spiritual...
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    A Gift for Fiction

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

    Some of the most interesting and entertaining patients that I worked with were diagnosed with schizophrenia. One night, I was pulled from geriatric psych to work the men's unit. I was doing an...
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    A Gift for Fiction

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    In 1979, at the tender age of 22, I was hired at Anomaly Home as a Houseparent for "troubled teenage boys" ages 14-18. I was naive and trusting and soon learned that those traits weren't going to fly...
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    Gross Me Out ? Contest | Nurses Week

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

    Your post, angeloublue, caused me to remember a situation that occurred some years back. I was chatting with my favorite grocery store
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

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

    When I was stabbed by a client diagnosed with schizophrenia back in '98 I suffered from symptoms of PTSD. The incident was bad enough, but management's handling of it made it worse. For example,...
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    Experiment!

    Davey Do replied to JKL33's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Thank you, Grumpy and you do pay attention, as the view is from my front deck! I wanted to grab a quick pic of the home made windmill for another thread, so I just took that one and uploaded it to...
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

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    Working On Expired License

    Davey Do replied to KPowder's topic in General Nursing

    When my medical nurse wife Belinda worked at Wrongway Regional Medical center, there was a nurse who worked another unit who was loud, pushy, self-righteous, and flamboyant Belinda would mention her...
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    To which I agree, SilverBells. I used #3 for entertainment purposes
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Exercise is good, Poodlebreath. The digitus medius will atrophy through
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    The criteria is pretty strict, SilverBells. And sadly, I'm not sure if you meet any of them: 1. Old 2. Sick 3. In your right
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    As a kid, my parents would take us once year to the St. Louis Zoo. On one particular trip, we passed a humongous graveyard. My Dad asked us kids, "Do you know how many dead people there are in that...
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Because people are just dying to be
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    ACT-SHOO-ALL-LEE, with all due respect, PoodleBreath, I would prefer my life, and my death, be something entertaining. Like a joke. If I don't stay out of trouble, my final punchline may...
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

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

    "...pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell". The old man symbolised...
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

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

    More symbolism: The old man's right eye was a gaping hole which makes me consider Matthew 5:29, "If your right eye causes you to
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

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

    A dream of portends, perhaps? As soon as I submitted my last post, I saw some symbolism: In 2020, I knew that I'd be retiring in 2021, and believed I would just ease (jog) my way to...
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

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

    Another part of the dream, which preceded the tiff and the old man: The dream took place on the road which transverses the valley where I live and I decided to jog the length. Now, I have done no...
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

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

    One cannot be disappointed if one does not have expectations, my dear HB. Besides, we pessimists only expect the worst, so this is pretty dang good. The sky is going to fall, however....