belfry

belfry has 1 years experience and specializes in cardiac.

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1. What does your username mean?

   belfry replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor

   Belfry was the nickname my grandpa gave me. I was an extremely picky eater as a child, and once for breakfast I ate 2 eggs...unheard of for me....and he called me Belfry Two Egg after that. Weird, I know.

2. Hospice nurse "survival kit"

   belfry replied to mrsraisinkain's topic in Hospice

   A bottle of wine! LOL. A gift certificate for a massage....a phone charger....Kleenex....those little toothbrush things, wisps, I think they are called....nuts or pretzels......water......a little tool thing with a screwdriver and a knife, cause yo...

3. Drugs approved for cystic fibrosis?

   belfry replied to belfry's topic in Hospice

   Good idea...but the guy had all scripts so prescribing was not the issue, and our MD never dictates what is covered, it is a nursing call. All good until we run into uncharted (LOL) territory, then the MBAs get their panties in a twist since the dol...

4. Drugs approved for cystic fibrosis?

   belfry replied to belfry's topic in Hospice

   Thanks, everybody. Maybe this will get us a little help for next time we have a CF admission, so nobody makes the same mistake! Oh, I just realized I need to change my profile....I now have a big FIVE years exp, 4 of those in hospice!

5. Drugs approved for cystic fibrosis?

   belfry replied to belfry's topic in Hospice

   Thanks...I had a Friday pm admit on call, one hour before pharmacyclosed...no meds at home, 6 weeks in pt, MD nor admin available for consult....had a bunch of meds prescribed on dch from hop....I approved most of them, as I had no formulary and so ...

6. Drugs approved for cystic fibrosis?

   belfry posted a topic in Hospice

   I work for a smaller hospice, and we recently admitted our first (and so far only) CF patient. I wondered if anyone out there has a list of commonly approved meds, I didn't have a list when I admitted and went overboard approving, because to me, all...

7. Think I have to resign...

   belfry replied to belfry's topic in General Nursing

   No no union here. And I am not asking for more than they were giving me, just to make it equal, if I am not getting the PTO, just reimburse me that same amount. What they are offering me is a ten percent cut for the same work!!!

8. Think I have to resign...

   belfry posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have worked for the same hospice as a case manage for 4.5 years....love it, love to patients, staff, and have good evaluations. Was full time, for the past 2 years part time /PRN. With the economy like it is, nobody has gotten raises ina couple o...

9. Nursing and sexual orientation

   belfry replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

   I work hospice...and we have had several gay men work with us. No problem, ever...and we are in the rural deep South, with all that it entails! As long as we all do our jobs and help each other out as teammates, there is no friction whatsoever. I ...

10. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    belfry replied to luce2008's topic in New Nurse

    no worries! as a home health/hospice, we see stuff like that all the time...usually the patient is so eager to get home the hospital nurse is rushed and forgets... Beth (psst..bethany, is that you? miss you on the mom group!)

11. Mnemonics and Memory Aids

    belfry replied to VickyRN's topic in NCLEX

    On Old Olympus Towering Top A Famous Vain German Viewed A Hop (doesn't make sense but somehow I have remembered it for years!)

12. Mnemonics and Memory Aids

    belfry replied to VickyRN's topic in NCLEX

    I learned by White on the right Clouds over grass (white over green) Smoke over fire (black over red) and poop in the middle (brown)

13. I want to be a hospice nurse.....

    belfry replied to laurel38's topic in Hospice

    I was an older student, as nursing is a second career for me. I did one year med-surg tele on the floor, and then went to hospice. For me, hospice was a $3.50 per hour raise, add to that flexibility, no weekends, and no aching feet and legs, plus t...

14. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    belfry replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric

    Oh, for Pete's sake! Less than a year experience on ICU and you are an expert in dementia care??? Part of being a good nurse is being open to learning from others' experience and getting off your high horse occasionally to see that people who have...

15. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

    belfry replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

    I disagree! I had a kidney stone earlier this year, and had 10/10 pain, vomiting, elevated BP/HR/R, the whole nine yards. I was given toradol + phenergan...didn't do a thing but make me drowsy...still in the same pain, still vomiting. No change af...