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Gwen Parsons-Devlin Page 10

Gwen Parsons-Devlin, RN, CMSRN, is a charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit at a community hospital. With 17 years in bedside care, she orients new unit nurses and maintains a well-used binder of ward procedures. Parsons-Devlin received both an ADN and a BSN during her training.

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