Sue Damones

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  1. Salary.com description of RNs

    Sue Damones posted a topic in General Nursing

    Staff Nurse - RN Evaluates, plans, implements, and documents nursing care for an assigned patient population. Assists physician during examinations and procedures. Performs various patient tests and...

  2. Salary.com description of RNs

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    haha! Omg, how true. I can totally

  3. Researching demand for LNCs

    Sue Damones posted a topic in Legal

    I live in Illinois (Chicago suburbs). I have worked in ICU for 2 years and am considering a change. This seems like it might fit. However, I think it would be nice to know many LNCs are in my area...

  4. ER or ICU

    Sue Damones replied to nici1978's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah yeah yeah I know... lol.... It's hard though, because I've almost hit the 2 year mark (February) in ICU and I'm getting that itch to do something different. You can see from my signature that I...

  5. ER or ICU

    Sue Damones replied to nici1978's topic in General Nursing

    ICU! ICU! ICU! In ICU, you will commonly get the worst patients who come through the ER (as long as they make it that far) but don't get all the nonsense ER complaints (like hangnails- haha)! In ICU,...

  6. Surgical Tech with "Nurse" on lab coat

    Sue Damones posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had my wisdom teeth removed last week. Yesterday when I was there getting some packing put in for my dry socket (there's a whole 'nother post on that if you want to read it)... I noticed that one of...

  7. Surgical Tech with "Nurse" on lab coat

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, her coat read: "Her Name" Surgical Nurse I'm just thinking of all those OR nurses who work damn hard to earn that title. What makes her think she can steal

  8. Surgical Tech with "Nurse" on lab coat

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    So am I. It's totally not cool! I'm in Illinois. I'll have to figure out where to look to see if this is illegal

  9. Surgical Tech with "Nurse" on lab coat

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your responses so far. When I go in next week for the re-packing (ugh...), I would like to make sure before I write a letter. I'm pretty sure there aren't any, though. The surgeon started...

  10. Surgical Tech with "Nurse" on lab coat

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, her name was on it, and she introduced herself by her name... so it definitely was her

  11. Surgical Tech with "Nurse" on lab coat

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about asking her right there, "Oh, so are you an LPN or RN?" You know, all calmly. Then I started thinking, well maybe she IS a nurse and the other lady last week forgot that there was...

  12. My plan to become a CRNA. Is this logical?

    Sue Damones replied to LeavingTeaching4RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Seems like a good start, but I don't see anywhere in your plan where you are going to include the minimum 2 years of ICU experience (CVICU or SICU is usually preferred). Most CRNA schools require...

  13. May I vent a little?

    Sue Damones posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sick of the "report guilt" that some of the oncoming shift nurses try to place on me. Yesterday was a very busy day. Aren't they all? I work 0600-1830 shift in ICU. I'd like to think that I...

  14. May I vent a little?

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah and I keep thinking about how she would have reacted if I had told her the pt. had no IV access for the Heparin gtt because I was inserting the

  15. Wanna be nurse needs a JOB!

    Sue Damones replied to AggieNurse2B's topic in General Nursing

    I dont know what type of training unit secretaries need, but that might be a job where you'd learn a lot. Check out some hospitals for what they require to be a PCT...that might be another option for...

  16. Extra pay for certification?

    Sue Damones posted a topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, I know that nurses don't get paid extra for having their CCRN (I work in ICU). They will reimburse us for the cost of the exam if we pass, though. I was just wondering if this is the...

  17. Extra pay for certification?

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Are you saying that employers dont feel that they have to 'try' very hard to get us, and thats

  18. Extra pay for certification?

    Sue Damones replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! $4/hr!! I wonder how someone could get an employer to offer extra $ for certification? (or would it be

  19. Does anyone use nurses as a side job?

    Sue Damones replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    Please dont let 'horror stories from this site' taint your view of the nursing profession. If you are truly interested in nursing, and you were to go through school and everything, you would soon see...

  20. 1 year Acute Care to enter CRNA prog.

    Sue Damones replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Honestly, even though 1 year is the minimum, I would personally recommend having at least 2 years experience. I used to have the same mindset as you... I wanted to get out of school, get my year in...

  21. Need Help Staying Awake on Nights!!!

    Sue Damones replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

    Exercise! That'll do it. Instead of taking a nap during a break, eating crappy foods (or drinking tons of coffee- ack), go to the break room and do some jumping jacks. I guarantee that will leave you...

  22. What if?

    Sue Damones replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    I personally wouldn't worry about the 'spy' if I wasn't doing anything wrong. This 'reporter' will be wasting his or her time if they are sitting around trying to get you in trouble for not giving...

  23. ER or Cardiac???

    Sue Damones replied to RN28MD's topic in Emergency

    I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you currently a nursing student and trying to decide between ER or Cardiac? There are many books that can prepare you for the ER if that's what you're looking...