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Gwen Parsons-Devlin Page 6

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.

Can Nurses Perform Needle Decompression?
What Is the Most Important Goal in Patient Education?
Is Anemia a Nursing Diagnosis?
How Often Are Non-Violent Restraints Assessed?
What Should a Nurse Do When Giving Medical Advice by Phone?
How to Write an Effective Plan of Care
When to Call a Rapid Response Team
What Should You Do If a Patient Refuses to Have Her Blood Drawn?
What Is Holistic Nursing Care?
What Is Clinical Reasoning in Nursing?
What Is a Psychosocial Nursing Diagnosis?
What Is ICANS? The Integrated Care Assessment System
How to Document a Fall in Nurses Notes
What Is a Mechanical Restraint in Healthcare?
What Is a Focused Assessment in Nursing?
What Is Medevac? How Medical Evacuation Works
When to Use SBAR for Effective Communication
How to Write Effective Nursing Progress Notes
How to Encourage Patient Compliance and Adherence
How to Communicate With Non-Verbal Patients
Are Scrubs Antimicrobial? The Science Explained
How to Improve Your Case Mix Index in Long-Term Care
How to Calculate Pack Years for Nursing Assessment
Can Nurses Remove Staples? The Procedure Explained
What Should a Nurse Assess When Supervising a Sterile Dressing Change?
What Is PM Care in Nursing? Essential Tasks & Rationale
How to Properly Record Vital Signs on a Chart
How Can Nurses Provide Emotional Support for Patients?
Is Altered Mental Status a Nursing Diagnosis?
What Is the Best Way to Transport an Obese Patient?