belfry

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.

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...

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...

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...

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!

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 ...

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...

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!!!

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 ...

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!)

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

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)

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...

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...

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...

This is not my story, but a good friend of mine was in nursing school in LA and as a student the nurses on her floor sent her to check the foley on a patient...turns out he was a VERY well endowed porn star...lol:lol2:

Here is a major screw up...still ashamed of myself and horrified at how simple it is to make a mistake. Had to get a urine specimen from a cathed pt, so clamped the cath, went back 20 minutes later and got my sterile sample, and sent it to the lab. W...

How about Toby Keith's "How Do You Like Me Now?" My daughter likes it before a big ball game....pumps her up! I also agree with Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"! Beth

EP is for electrophysiology, study of the conduction system of the heart. Another abbreviation that is good to know is EF, stands for ejection fraction, way to determone heart failure.

You know you are a hospice nurse if you look in the car and in the drink holders there are enemas instead of drinks! LOL

I live near Chattanooga, and it is really a wonderful place....warm but not horrible in the summers, rare snows in winter, mountains, less than a day to the beach, city close if you want it and plenty of countryside... We are about halfway between Na...

Heard of it, but had never seen it happen ... until today. Had an MD get all excited when I decided to talk to him about adequate pain control for his patient: I had taken care of her for several days and long story short I believe her pain is (ign...

I work on a med-surg tele floor, ratios 5:1 days, 6:1 nights, with 3 CNA's if we are lucky. We have patients with insulin drips occasionally, and no change in ratio to go along with... As for the CNA getting the accucheck, why bother as she will j...

I work on a telemetry floor, and we have 5:1 days and 6:1 nights. Some days it is a breeze, some days we should really be 3:1 with the acuity as it is at times.....

Had a lady push the call bell and ask to leave a wake up call! The clerk asked her, "For what time?", and she stated that 7:00 am would be fine. The clerk just laughed and told her that around here the lab comes in at 5:00 am and she would be wide...