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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    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

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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 then- let's start a thread titled: Ghost Nurses Who Haunt $450,00+ Houses and Pepsi Vending Machines Looking For Ways to Help Colleagues Whose Relationships Were Affected By Their Attempts...
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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

    Unlike some
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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

    Thank you for asking, Nunya. I'll do my best to recall... Starting date set, then I was requested to start one week earlier. No code was given in order for me to enter the building....
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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    It's a good maneuver, Hoosier, to give the rationale for the eating of
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    Help - Should I Work or Wait?

    Davey Do replied to kat1822's topic in General Nursing

    I had a vasectomy in 1986 and called off one shift to sit at home with a pack of frozen peas on the surgical
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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

    Or the ones who will put up with offenses for years and then the proverbial straw will break the camel's back. Case in point, one employee at Wrongway, Jenn, in the 17 years I worked there,...
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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

    Back when Wrongway had unit secretaries, some of them were useless. Pat, an older nurse I worked with, noted that a certain unit secretary "sat around all day with her thumb up her butt". I...
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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

    After17 years at Wrongway Regional Medical Center, and being terminated about a year ago, I applied for and got a position at Corrigible Nursing Home. I was seriously considering retirement, but...
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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Well, SilverBells, I'm impressed by your time management abilities, to be able to work as many hours as you do and spend all this time on allnurses replying in great depth and detail to your numerous...
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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

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    Hardest Thing to Learn

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

    That's one reason why that group of guys were called the Three Wise Men. At their first meeting, they unanimously agreed to never say anything
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    Best Ways for Managers to Help Nurses and Other Colleagues

    Davey Do replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    And, SilverBells, be sure to phrase to your question... "Is there anything else that I can do for you?" ...with an appropriate follow up: "I have the
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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

    To paraphrase Jeff Foxworthy, “I own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, so I just might be a
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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

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    The Motivator

    Davey Do posted a topic in General Nursing

    We all need something that makes us wake up and give the dawn of our new day a great big ole Cosmic Howdy. Now that I'm retired, I don't need something to get me motivated, I'm already there....
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    Looking for thoughts/opinions of experienced nurses

    Davey Do replied to FashionablyL8's topic in General Nursing

    Good questions, Moon! Yes, the majority of NMS in patients occurs with the initiation of antipsychotic therapy. However, NMS can occur anytime during treatment. A case in point was the...
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    Looking for thoughts/opinions of experienced nurses

    Davey Do replied to FashionablyL8's topic in General Nursing

    Yes indeedie, Curious: "Symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome usually include very high fever (102 to 104 degrees F), irregular pulse, accelerated heartbeat (tachycardia), increased rate of...
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    The Motivator

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

    At Wrongway, I worked with a 70 year old Nurse who, although cynical & sarcastic, was positive and outgoing. Sometime ago, she had lost a son when he was in his 40's. Then, in the past few...
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    The Motivator

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

    I could identify with you all the way until this line, Daisy. I've so very much to be thankful for. I can put it no better than Sour Lemon. But every morning I wake up, give the dawn of...
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    The Motivator

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

    Extremely touching story, JBMmom- and well told. Posts like this one of yours are meant to be read over and over
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    Does being a nurse make you feel like a good person?

    Davey Do replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard from reliable resources that one reason why Wrongway Regional Medical Center can stay open despite its reputation for being a Hellhole Hospital is because of the population it serves....
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    The Motivator

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

    Wow, LibraNurse. Wow on all of
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    The Motivator

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

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    Hardest Thing to Learn

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

    Can I barrow that one when you get it? As a friend once said, "All my best books are on other people's shelves". I will check that one out, thank you