Nursing Leader Devon Berry Shares Thoughts on Doughnuts and Nursing

Good living requires good food. And being a good leader means you need to pay lots of attention to the quality of doughnuts that you select. Devon Berry, PhD, RN, is an academic nursing leader who served most recently as the Executive Associate Dean at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland Oregon. Berry is passionate about doughnuts and has taken great care to sample from the rich variety of doughnut shops available in Portland, Oregon. Most people associate doughnuts with policemen but Devon Berry, nursing professional, is taking it upon himself to single-handedly change that notion. He wants to see nurses become the new stereotypical consumers of doughnuts.

Berry has worked tirelessly to canvas as many doughnut shops in the city as possible. He is a fan of glazed doughnuts, chocolate coconut doughnuts, crullers, cinnamon twist doughnuts, old fashioned doughnuts, sour cream doughnuts, and apple fritters. While Berry does not mind occasionally consuming a filled doughnut, jelly or cream will do, he finds that they fill him too quickly limiting the variety he is able to take in on any one visit. Devon Berry is a prudent nurse who has served at the associate dean level and recognizes that restraint is necessary when paying attention to one’s health.

There is only one, perfect accompaniment to a doughnut - coffee. Berry states that there is no competition for the balance created between a cup of house coffee and a fresh doughnut. The complement of bitter to sweet, acidic to fatty, and slurped to chewed, is unparalleled in the world of breakfast foods. As a nurse leader, Devon Berry is committed to doing his part to bring the doughnut and nursing cultures together to create a lasting association in the mind of the public at large.