Sue Damonas

Sue Damonas BSN

Cardiology, Oncology, Hospice,IV Therapy

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  1. Families, are they getting more demanding?

    Sue Damonas replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    There was a patient on my unit scheduled for a cardiac cath. It was delayed because the cardiologist had an emergency with another patient. He was literally working like hell trying to save this...

  2. Is it always better to die at home?

    Sue Damonas replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I took care of my mother for a number of years, dealing with all the complications of End Stage Cardiomyopathy. During the last hospital admission we knew where she was headed and brought her home on...

  3. Nurses With Hypothyroidism

    Sue Damonas replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I've been dealing with hypothyroidism for about 10 years. I was okay on Synthroid but the insurance company switched me to Levothyroxine and I've had my dose increased several times since then....

  4. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Sue Damonas replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    :roll :roll :roll :roll :roll Ohmagawd!! That's

  5. disgusting AZ restaurant

    Sue Damonas replied to vickynurse's topic in General Nursing

    How

  6. Patient complaints

    Sue Damonas replied to am4182's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear this happened to you. Unfortunately you just never know about people. Like everyone else has said, document. Your manager doesn't sound very supportive. It sounds like you did everything...

  7. Burnout-anyone familiar with this?

    Sue Damonas replied to firefly49RN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a hospital for 25 years and was so burned out that I was always having nightmares about work, even on vacation. I was constantly on edge and having headaches and heartburn. I finally...

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

    Sue Damonas replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    EWWWW!!! Great balls of

  9. Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

    Sue Damonas replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    When I became a nurse a long time ago I had a few phone calls asking for medical advise but the one that got me was this lady that called my mother. She heard that I was a nurse and asked my mother if...

  10. Yes your highness...I mean doctor!! rant!!!

    Sue Damonas replied to irish_std/n's topic in General Nursing

    A CV surgeon who was well known for being rude and condescending sat down in front of our callbell system and proceeded to dictate a consult and became very angry when a callbell came on and ordered...

  11. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Sue Damonas replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I had a coworker who went to the pyxis to get a stat ASA that was ordered by the cardiologist and she pulled out a Tylenol instead and insisted that it was "okay because it's the same amount of...

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

    Sue Damonas replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    The lady eating her face has to be THE most horrible and disgusting thing I've ever heard in my 25 years as a nurse!! Yuck!!!

  13. So fed up:( Could use some help:(

    Sue Damonas replied to Nikelbee's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Get out of there!! That's so unsafe!! I got out of a similar situation and it was such a relief. Keep us updated on how you're

  14. RN job in jeopardy please help

    Sue Damonas replied to fe3's topic in General Nursing

    What an experience!! You probably felt horrible!! I was getting more and more upset for you while reading through the pages of posts.Thank goodness it's

  15. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    Sue Damonas replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    There was a patient that was going to be discharged and I was at the nurse's station so he came over and said "excuse me, could you call me an escort?". So I looked at him and said"okay, you're an...

  16. How does your nurse manager stack up?

    Sue Damonas replied to jo272wv's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same manager for many years and she's one of the reasons I left after working at that hospital for 25 years. She had a lot of notes hanging everywhere that were mostly negative and never...

  17. New Job

    Sue Damonas posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I just heard about this board recently and loved it so I just joined. I wished to share a recent experience of mine. After 25 years of working at the same hospital and watching things go downhill...