Sue Adair
RN
Thrive 55+ Nursing Advantage™
Sue Adair
RN
Thrive 55+ Nursing Advantage™
Advocate Location
Lehi , UT 84043
Specialty
Medical Guidance
Other Services
Special Care & Aging
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
*Greater National Advocates Terms of Use Apply
How I Can Help
If you are a nurse or healthcare worker 50+, you already speak medicine.
What you may not have is someone who truly speaks you.
You know the language, the systems, and the unspoken rules of healthcare. You can read notes and results, but turning everything you live with into a clear story and confident decisions is much harder when you are the one who is tired, in pain, or scared. You may have spent decades caring for everyone else, while carrying shame, fear, or silence around your own needs.
You might recognize the pattern of keeping symptoms, worries, and limits inside until a crisis finally forces a conversation. Managing chronic illness at work can feel heavy, especially when you are afraid of being seen as “less than” or worry that telling the truth could risk your role or reputation.
When we work together, you have a private, nonjudgmental place to lay it all out. You can:
Put your full story into clear medical language your providers can act on.
Turn complex information into simple next steps you genuinely understand.
Walk into appointments prepared to speak up without minimizing or overexplaining.
Explore ways to normalize chronic illness in the workplace and look at options that protect both your health and your career.
Quiet the fear of being “less,” work through shame, and practice asking for what you need with more confidence.
The aim is that you come out the other side with deeper understanding, clearer direction, and more steadiness in your decisions. You feel less overwhelmed by life, relationships, and more able to stand in who you are as a nurse and as a person.
What you may not have is someone who truly speaks you.
You know the language, the systems, and the unspoken rules of healthcare. You can read notes and results, but turning everything you live with into a clear story and confident decisions is much harder when you are the one who is tired, in pain, or scared. You may have spent decades caring for everyone else, while carrying shame, fear, or silence around your own needs.
You might recognize the pattern of keeping symptoms, worries, and limits inside until a crisis finally forces a conversation. Managing chronic illness at work can feel heavy, especially when you are afraid of being seen as “less than” or worry that telling the truth could risk your role or reputation.
When we work together, you have a private, nonjudgmental place to lay it all out. You can:
Put your full story into clear medical language your providers can act on.
Turn complex information into simple next steps you genuinely understand.
Walk into appointments prepared to speak up without minimizing or overexplaining.
Explore ways to normalize chronic illness in the workplace and look at options that protect both your health and your career.
Quiet the fear of being “less,” work through shame, and practice asking for what you need with more confidence.
The aim is that you come out the other side with deeper understanding, clearer direction, and more steadiness in your decisions. You feel less overwhelmed by life, relationships, and more able to stand in who you are as a nurse and as a person.
Important Information About Me
- I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
- I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
- My geographical area of practice is TeleAdvocacy is available nationally. In-person advocacy is available in Utah and surrounding areas, with additional locations considered on a case-by-case basis by agreement.
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
I became a patient advocate because I have lived on both sides of the bedrail.
For 28 years as a nurse, I have watched smart, capable people feel small and overwhelmed in the medical system. Things can quickly get confusing when you are tired, in pain, or trying to make decisions for someone you love.
At the same time, I have been the family member at the bedside and the patient in the chair. I have advocated for my parents, my spouse, and myself through strokes, heart attacks, dementia, end of life care, financial stress, and the long search for resources and answers. I know how it feels to carry the responsibility, stay “strong,” and keep your own needs quiet until a crisis finally forces you to speak.
As a nurse over 50 with chronic health concerns of my own, I understand the extra layer of pressure for healthcare workers. We know the language and the systems, but it can still feel risky to tell the truth about our symptoms, limits, and fears. We worry about being seen as less capable, less reliable, or “not cut out for it anymore.”
I became an advocate to give people like you a different experience. A place where you can say what is really going on in your body and your life, without judgment. A place to organize the medical details and also make room for the grief, fear, anger, and hope that come with long term illness.
The goal is to turn all of that into clarity: clearer words, clearer options, clearer next steps. As someone who values others, I want you to walk into appointments feeling seen, prepared, and steady, instead of alone, ashamed, or overwhelmed. That is why I do this.
For 28 years as a nurse, I have watched smart, capable people feel small and overwhelmed in the medical system. Things can quickly get confusing when you are tired, in pain, or trying to make decisions for someone you love.
At the same time, I have been the family member at the bedside and the patient in the chair. I have advocated for my parents, my spouse, and myself through strokes, heart attacks, dementia, end of life care, financial stress, and the long search for resources and answers. I know how it feels to carry the responsibility, stay “strong,” and keep your own needs quiet until a crisis finally forces you to speak.
As a nurse over 50 with chronic health concerns of my own, I understand the extra layer of pressure for healthcare workers. We know the language and the systems, but it can still feel risky to tell the truth about our symptoms, limits, and fears. We worry about being seen as less capable, less reliable, or “not cut out for it anymore.”
I became an advocate to give people like you a different experience. A place where you can say what is really going on in your body and your life, without judgment. A place to organize the medical details and also make room for the grief, fear, anger, and hope that come with long term illness.
The goal is to turn all of that into clarity: clearer words, clearer options, clearer next steps. As someone who values others, I want you to walk into appointments feeling seen, prepared, and steady, instead of alone, ashamed, or overwhelmed. That is why I do this.
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