gdeanrn

gdeanrn has 2 years experience and specializes in Critical Care.

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1. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

   gdeanrn replied to Brian's topic in Union

   Oh ya, I've seem this bitterness a lot. I've worked for the VA too and know full well where there wage calculations come from. What I was saying was simply to make a comparison between a TX VA wage and an average wage from a totally different region ...

2. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

   gdeanrn replied to Brian's topic in Union

   Well comparing another state's wages to MN is certainly comparing apples to oranges. Then comparing VA wages in another state to MN isn't even on the same planet. Try comparing union wages in your state to non-union wages and you'll see something clo...

3. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   gdeanrn replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   Learned a good lesson but it was funny... I work 12 hour nights at a hospital and my 96 year old uncle had fallen and broken his hip and was taken to another hospital across town. His fall was on Saturday and he had surgery on Monday, but at his age,...

4. Top Five Tips for Night Shift? For a new nurse?

   gdeanrn replied to TuckerBug's topic in New Nurse

   Stay organized. You sometimes think you don't need to because it's not as hectic, but the night you throw organization out the window, you'll have a code!! If your organization provides you with extra time, LEARN SOMETHING!! there's always more to do...

5. new nurse going to night shift

   gdeanrn replied to megster's topic in New Nurse

   I like to say, "why would I work harder, get yelled at by more MD's and get paid less to do it?" Pretty much sums up day shift. Actually, coming out of school, I've learned far more on nights. I have time to actually read and interpret labs, read H&a...