Sue Damonas

Sue Damonas BSN

Cardiology, Oncology, Hospice,IV Therapy

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  1. Becoming a nurse with scoliosis

    Sue Damonas replied to MsPebbles's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I had a fusion for scoliosis when I was a teenager and another for a displaced L5-S1 vertebra. I too have lived with pain most of my life. I've been a nurse for over 30 years and the scoliosis was...

  2. What do you pick for breakfast?

    Sue Damonas replied to smily11's topic in General Nursing

    I have to eat protein like eggs or a piece of chicken or lean beef for breakfast and this is the only thing that keeps me from feeling hungry and nervous till the

  3. Advise from an ER doctor to drug seekers

    Sue Damonas replied to danisweetcheeks's topic in Nursing Humor

    I love

  4. Peer Reviews used as a tool to be malicious?

    Sue Damonas replied to mamason's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When I worked in the hospital we had to do the peer reviews and we all realized what BS they were, we all gave one another good reviews. I remember this one time that I was asked to say something...

  5. Do you care if they want you to remove your shoes?

    Sue Damonas replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    I always carry spare shoes with me in a bag and change into them in the pts home. If I'm in someones home who insists on no shoes I put shoe covers on. I too think about all of the germs we are...

  6. ABHR topical

    Sue Damonas replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We use it a lot and it works very

  7. Do you have patients call late

    Sue Damonas replied to emilysmom,RN's topic in Home Health

    You are so right! That is exactly what I do. I also tell people right at the SOC that they are to call the agency, not my

  8. Administerring 5-fu at home, urgent advice needed

    Sue Damonas replied to sailkeys's topic in Home Health

    Yes, you do need to be chemo certified to start or disconnect chemo. Don't let them make you do something that you have not had the proper training for. Let us know how it turns

  9. How to eat on he road?

    Sue Damonas replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    I take fresh fruit, veges, water, raw almonds and sometimes beef jerky, greek

  10. Weirdest, funniest, grossest male teenager pt. Stories

    Sue Damonas replied to Mtb97's topic in Nursing Humor

    My brother and his friends high five one another when one of them clogs a toilet. These are middle aged

  11. The Mockery of Nursing

    Sue Damonas replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A few years ago I worked with one the the Snowflakes who felt that she should not have to drive to work during the bad weather. I drove a lot farther than her. She just wouldnt show up in bad weather....

  12. GUILTY

    Sue Damonas replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I got pulled over very early one morning on my way to work and the cop let me off because he had open heart surgery the year before at my

  13. A good answer to those who ask our salary

    Sue Damonas replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    When people ask me that question I reply "not nearly enough for what we have to do and put up

  14. You may not be homebound if....

    Sue Damonas replied to itsgr82cre8's topic in Home Health

    If you're bragging about the big win you had at the casino last

  15. Fantastic CNA. but...

    Sue Damonas replied to nursetiffany.'s topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a PCA I used to work with. When she showed up she worked hard but too many times she didn't show up or if the weather was bad she would call an hour after her shift started to say that she...

  16. No, I am not going to do that

    Sue Damonas replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    :hhmth:Polishing the

  17. West Penn School of Nursing?

    Sue Damonas replied to sid05's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Brings back lots of memories!! I graduated from there in

  18. Nursing School Horror Stories...from those of us that survived!

    Sue Damonas replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had an instructor who was always picking on me, yelling at me, degrading me. I was a nervous wreck the whole time and had a low opinion of myself. At the end of the semester she admitted that she...

  19. vip floor in a hospital

    Sue Damonas replied to JM RN's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago we have a unit like that, it was referred to as "The Gold Coast". The rooms were suites. There was a physician who would bring his pts there and would literally have happy hour everyday with...

  20. If YOU were the patient, would you feel comfortable...

    Sue Damonas replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I worked in the hospital someone from housekeeping had been cleaning beds from discharged pts. I went to admit someone in one of the rooms that she cleaned and I found blood all over one of the...

  21. Incompetent nursing assistants

    Sue Damonas replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, our PCAs not only did vitals but also drew blood, did EKGs, read monitors and transported pts on monitors, and a few were trained to pull sheaths after

  22. What do I do about nurses who think my job is worthless?

    Sue Damonas replied to onlyj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have loved having someone like you to help with pts like this!! Just ignore them, you are not

  23. 'Just a med/surg nurse'

    Sue Damonas replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    That's the end of my speech. I heard two nurses use the word "just" today. Very sad and a culture that needs to be changed. A number of years ago my parents had some company for a few hours. The wife...

  24. I almost had an unnecessary procedure performed

    Sue Damonas replied to jschex6's topic in General Nursing

    I have some distant cousins who have a last name similar to my family's and one day I went to the pharmacy to pick up my mother's meds and was handed all of my cousin's meds. I can sort of understand...

  25. notifying pts the night before visit

    Sue Damonas replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    Do you get paid to spend time calling patients the night before or are you expected to do it on your own