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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    Nurse Personality

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

    At the time laying in my own feces and having others clean me up was probably one of the most degrading things that had ever happened to me in my young life. But I never forgot it when providing...
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    Nurse Personality

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

    Your post is status quo as always with wisdom and insight, Daisy. I chose this particular line because I had a revelation very early in my career, as a student LPN in fact, after treating a difficult,...
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    I got a verbal warning for not greeting the new Director of Care?

    Davey Do replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    We become disappointed, JKL, when our expectations are not met. We pessimists are never disappointed because we expect the worst in people. Maybe a better way to phrase that is that we pessimists...
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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    From
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    Nurse Personality

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

    My mileage does vary, and I had to look that one up! In essence I agree with you, HB with a case in point going back to the setting of my previous cartoon: I had not had a BM while...
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    Nurse Personality

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

    I can (or could) identify, SBE. I was, as you probably are, SBE, not always liked, but demanded, and got, respect. Everybody needs boundaries, with some stretching to the horizon, while...
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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no! You being "out", SBE, is like taking a dot out of Monet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe! It'd be like taking the bop shoo bop shoo bop out of Who Put the Bomp?! It would be like......
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    Nurse Personality

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

    Please pardon my density this morning, Hannahbanna. To argue your premise of using the word compliance: Adherence to a prescribed medical regimen is either black or white or varying shades of...
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    Nurse Personality

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

    UrbanHealthRN, this is my response upon reading the opening line to your post: Your entire post was a calming joy to read! You, UrbanHealthRN, not only have a clue to...
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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, SmilingBlueEyes. Did you noticed that I used your entire username instead of the abbreviated SBE? That's because, as my Mom did when she wanted to get my attention, "David Mario Doremi...
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    Nurse Personality

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

    This line caused me to recall a situation when I was a patient back in '76, mmc. I was a 19 year old involved in an MVA, suffering from multiple fractures, internal injuries, assorted other...
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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! And then you could spend extra time on allnurses, discussing your guilty feelings about not going in
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    As do rats and
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    “So and so’s family member is calling but they don’t have the pin number”

    Davey Do replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    FolksBtrippin, I say this with all due respect: Stop making
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    It’s been 3 years since I graduated and don’t have bedside experience.

    Davey Do replied to Streetnurse42's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't get actual bedside experience for the first eight years of my nursing career, having worked psych, surgery, and CD treatment before getting a position in med
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if nothing else, Hoosier, SilverBells' nutritional regimen is job security for
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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    What?! Are you saying, SilverBells, that you want to "compromise"?! With all due love & respect for you, SilverBells, because you're considering compromising, I've lost all due love...
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    We accept your apology, Curious, but we need to remind you to stay on topic. We are asking questions, sharing our experience, and networking with licensed nurses about how to afford $450,000...
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    Nurse Personality

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

    YES, JBMmom! Certain words can come across as aggressive orders! Instead of "should", we can use "need to". Or something as simple as "you" can be interpreted as a lone direction when "let's"...
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    Nurse Personality

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

    Your entire post, once again, Speedy, was a great read. I made a shortened version of it to shine the gems of wisdom. So your post not only makes sense, it is one of a higher consciousness which I...
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    Nurse Personality

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

    EXCELLENT maneuver, Marla! Investing time with difficult patients from the get go is akin to an ounce of prevention that will later cost us a pound of cure! We need to follow the philosophy...
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    How many chances do you give a job before you quit?

    Davey Do replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

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    Best practice for comforting embarassed patient?

    Davey Do replied to AdelaideSole's topic in General Nursing

    Exactamundo. And if they would go on about their embarrassment, I would tell them of a time that I was in traction and casts and crapped the bed, so I knew how it felt. If they continued, I...
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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

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