Sue Demonas BSN, MSN, PhD, RN

Sue Demonas is a BSN, MSN, PhD, RN and specializes in Maternal-Child, Women's Health.

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1. License Renewal

   Sue Demonas replied to Sara Anderson's topic in General Nursing

   The multi state license is predicated upon the fact that you have a permanent address in a compact state, which is considered your "home" state, for licensing, fees, and discipline, if needed. What is...

2. Skills Testing

   Sue Demonas replied to oldie's topic in General Students

   AACN's revised Essentials (April 2021) document reflects competencies that will allow us to "bridge the gap between education and practice" (AACN, p.1). Furthermore, Stakeholders expect all nursing...

3. Skills Testing

   Sue Demonas replied to oldie's topic in General Students

   Clearly you did not read the 75 page document file that was attached to my post. Competencies are pretty specific to content. However, schools can teach/present/cover this content how they wish, as...

4. Skills Testing

   Sue Demonas replied to oldie's topic in General Students

   Accrediting bodies have guidelines, more recently known as "competencies" for nursing education. Nursing schools have to show that their students have attained these competencies by the time they...

5. Broke My HCA Contract

   Sue Demonas replied to Lrjames98's topic in General Nursing

   I think this thread might benefit from some consideration of why any hospital offers a contract like the one that is the topic of this thread. The answer is the hospital needs staff, and the contract...

6. U of A MEPN 2022

   Sue Demonas replied to holla149's topic in School, College Programs

   What school is UA? Arizona?

7. How big of a deal are editions of books?

   Sue Demonas replied to lobo93's topic in General Students

   Older editions of a textbook can make it difficult to follow the class reading assignments and have accurate information to use when studying for your exams. Make every effort to get the required...

8. How to deal with Nosy Co-Workers?

   Sue Demonas replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

   When someone asks a nosy question that I don't wish to answer, I have two standard responses: 1. "Why do you ask?" -or- 2. "Why do you want to know?" It puts the "asker" immediately on the defensive...

9. Subpoena Summons

   Sue Demonas replied to seedanurse's topic in School

   Are you named in the lawsuit as a defendant, or are you simply a witness that they are asking for information from? No biggie if you are just being asked for info, but if you are a defendant, get an...

10. Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    Sue Demonas replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    Can you clarify something here.. did the patient say the line about being "insubordinate"? What did the CN do and how did she respond? I can't tell from what you wrote if the CN did or said something...

11. Nurse bringing child to work

    Sue Demonas replied to adclay's topic in General Nursing

    Had a colleague in the past bring two children to work on night shift pretty regularly. The #$%^& hit the fan when one of the kids came down with chicken pox about a day or so after being on the...

12. Scary commute for work?

    Sue Demonas replied to Kat12340's topic in General Nursing

    Just be aware that the hospital will expect you to work during inclement weather, so you may need to drive in a day earlier or just several hours earlier to cover your scheduled shift. Watch the...

13. 265 questions is almost guaranteed if your a male.

    Sue Demonas replied to wilderness47's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hmmm, computer adaptive testing only begin in 93 or 94-ish. (Can't remember exact year, but around then.) Anyone taking NCLEX before that time, took it on paper, over two days. And there were way more...

14. Threatened by employer

    Sue Demonas replied to wengee's topic in General Nursing

    There are some things that a supervisor/owner cannot distance themselves from, by nature of the position, legally. Tell him to review the legal ramifications of respondeat superior. And honestly,...

15. Capstone Help!

    Sue Demonas replied to PookieBaby_RN's topic in General Students

    What are the course requirements for this