Sue Damonas

Sue Damonas BSN

Cardiology, Oncology, Hospice,IV Therapy

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  1. Please help me, I'm in trouble.

    Sue Damonas replied to ShellyRn1117's topic in General Nursing

    :hug:I'm so sorry for what you're going

  2. Lab order for Type and screen

    Sue Damonas replied to Isabelle49's topic in Home Health

    I've drawn them frequently. It does save the pt time, especially if they have antibodies and are hard to

  3. April Fools Day

    Sue Damonas replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    Once I took a Baxter infuser and turned it on, put it on hold, and turned the alarm volume up to high and put it in a storage closet. After a while it started to beep. My coworkers were going nuts...

  4. Fed up with the "rules"

    Sue Damonas replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I once saw a nursing supervisor measuring one of my coworker's earrings to make sure that they were the size allowed in the dress

  5. What grosses YOU out?

    Sue Damonas replied to JenTheRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I hate feet and anything gyne

  6. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Sue Damonas replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I second

  7. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Sue Damonas replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Amen!!!!

  8. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Sue Damonas replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a home Hospice and Palliative care nurse and several weeks ago I went to see a new hospice pt and he was in a hospital bed in a very tiny livingroom. After assessing him the only place for me to...

  9. Fed up with Stupid Parents

    Sue Damonas replied to TXPediNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I also hated when I worked in the hospital and family members would come in with their kids and would tell the kids that "if you don't behave that nurse over there is going to give you a

  10. Who has read Echo Heron?

    Sue Damonas replied to LiveLoveLearn's topic in General Nursing

    Echo Heron is my

  11. Female catheter oop's that hurts me! And I am not female!

    Sue Damonas replied to jamistlc's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a lady recently that I was trying to put a foley in and after a lot of searching, it turned out her urethra was below her lady parts, off to the side. I had never seen anything like

  12. When is it appropriate to push the button?

    Sue Damonas replied to Used Foley's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I hate to sound stupid but if the pt or family are allowed to push the button, why not the

  13. Colonoscopy: A patients perspective...

    Sue Damonas replied to cyndiangel13's topic in Nursing Humor

    Pudding rocket!!! That's

  14. Patient Response to Terry Belmont, CEO of UCIMC

    Sue Damonas replied to flyingchange's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Nicholas Gibson, I love

  15. The Great Emergency Prank War

    Sue Damonas replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor

    My favorite thing to do was to take a Baxter pump, turn it on, put it on hold, then turn the volume up as high as it would go and then place it in a closet. People used to go nuts trying to find the...

  16. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    :fnypst::yelclap:

  17. do you skip your lunch break routinely?

    Sue Damonas replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    I one time had a manager that would only have 2 of us there and would make no provision for lunch breaks. When we complained we were told to get the secretary to run down to the cafeteria and get...

  18. HIPAA--Mixed up discharge papers

    Sue Damonas replied to JeanettePNP's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Several years ago I got my credit card bill and wondered why the envelope was thicker than usual. I ended up not only getting my credit card bill but also 20 other people's bills. All with their...

  19. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Sue Damonas replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a pt one time put on her callbell to inform me that she would now "accept her nighttime meds". She also expected that someone would pour her water for her, hand her the cup, and after taking her...

  20. Funny Nursing Dreams

    Sue Damonas replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    One time a long time ago I was in charge on 3-11 on a very busy telemetry unit, constant noise from the monitor alarms, vent alarms, etc. I went home and fell into a dead sleep. At 4am I woke up...

  21. Med aides giving insulin

    Sue Damonas replied to smarti15's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few hospice pts in an assisted living facility and the floors are staffed by aides who administer meds, give insulin. They aren't allowed to give IM injections or suppositories, the...

  22. Dress code.....

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

    We can wear street clothes but pants have to be navy blue or tan. Shirts have to be navy blue or white. Scrub jackets are optional but have to be blue or white. Or navy or white

  23. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Sue Damonas replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lung

  24. The Patient in Bed 519

    Sue Damonas replied to LifelongDream's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a unit where often times when someone died the callbell in that particular room would go off mysteriously for a day or so. There was one instance where a patient died and all kinds of...

  25. You put what??!!!! were???!!

    Sue Damonas replied to snoopy29's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was little I vaguely remember shoving 2 baby aspirins up my nose. It burned and that's all I remember about it. Don't know why I remember that, it was 45 years