Sue Damonas

Sue Damonas BSN

Cardiology, Oncology, Hospice,IV Therapy

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  1. Remote positions with a baby?

    Sue Damonas replied to Nrslna's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. You have to be focused on your work and will not be able to care for a baby at the same

  2. What's your most ridiculous supply shortage?

    Sue Damonas replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital we always had to go searching through the hospital for IV infusers. Definitely pillows, and also enough staff,

  3. Work from home nurse job M-F?

    Sue Damonas replied to Nurseynurse1116's topic in General Nursing

    If you do get a WFH job it's definitely not low stress. Also, you have to arrange for child care because you will have to have your attention solely on the job during working

  4. Other than Nursing, what other passions/hobbies do you like?

    Sue Damonas replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy making handmade soap and candles. Also love to read and have tons of books at home. Also love to cook and drink

  5. Do you dread April Fools Day?

    Sue Damonas replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    The best April fools joke I ever played on someone was when I worked in Hospice. Centralized scheduling moved to offices one the top floor of our hospice office building. The phone lines got messed up...

  6. Four 12s in a row?!?! ??

    Sue Damonas replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Davey Do I'm crying with laughter after seeing the feces

  7. I don't know if I should call out or not r/t snow storm

    Sue Damonas replied to SoNan's topic in General Nursing

    I drove 45 miles to work and 45 miles home for years. I would leave for work very early and took my time back and forth. Never once called off and people who lived closer did call off. It's a feather...

  8. Blood draws vs. phlebotomists?

    Sue Damonas replied to nursing9462's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital we did all the blood

  9. Misconceptions/truths about specialities

    Sue Damonas replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If you can't hack in in the hospital go work in home health or home hospice, it's easy! Yeah, if they only knew! Obviously never worked it

  10. Do Not Resuscitate - An Inconvenient Truth About Our Healthcare System

    Sue Damonas replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    I had the very same thing happen to an uncle of mine that was to be dc back to SNF on hospice from the hospital. I was his POA, was waiting back at the SNF for the hospice nurse while he was...

  11. RN left alone

    Sue Damonas replied to LASRN3911's topic in General Nursing

    That's unsafe and I doubt that's

  12. To kill or not to kill... another person dream?

    Sue Damonas replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    OMG! So sorry to hear all you have been through! Please let us know how this all turns out. She is a whack job and has no business being in the medical

  13. Am I violating confidentiality?

    Sue Damonas replied to SepehrThePepper's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Don't do it, just don't do

  14. Questionable actions that make you go hmm?

    Sue Damonas replied to Snatchedwig's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a dentist one time with an abcessed tooth that he pulled and I asked about an antibiotic and he told me that since I work in a hospital I can have someone give me some there. Looked at me...

  15. No Order

    Sue Damonas replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Davey Do, can I can a harrumph out of you?

  16. Wise One Liners

    Sue Damonas replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Stir the sh** and it will

  17. Make a Meme Nurses Week Contest

    Sue Damonas replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    I need a drink! I haven't had my whiskey in 3

  18. Give 'Em Enough Rope

    Sue Damonas replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital one this one unit we would get physician orders sent to us the day before patients were admitted to the unit and a unit secretary was hiding the orders periodically and...

  19. Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    Sue Damonas replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I stayed over way too many times and got tired of being taken advantage of and started saying no I can't. Too many 12 hour shifts ended up 16 hours shifts. Nope. Can't do

  20. CERNER

    Sue Damonas replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Way too much charting in Cerner for Hospice and Palliative care. Hated

  21. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    Sue Damonas replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital the physicians were not allowed to witness their signature and would often come out of a room and expect me to sign it. I would not sign it till the physician walked back...

  22. Peer to Peer Review/Feedback

    Sue Damonas replied to blc00's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, it's definitely a bad idea. We did peer reviews when I worked in the hospital and there sure was a lot of pettiness. Definitely worsened the morale that was already

  23. How long have you been a nurse

    Sue Damonas replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    36 years and dreaming of

  24. When they're SO sure they're right...

    Sue Damonas replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    A coworker of mine had a patient who was ordered a stat aspirin, she was going to give Tylenol because it was the same

  25. Pleurx drains

    Sue Damonas replied to artsmom's topic in General Nursing

    She should also premedicate with pain medication if she has any prior to draining her and do it