gdean1

gdean1 has 1 years experience and specializes in ER, telemetry.

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1. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

   gdean1 replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   Maybe yours is just a regional thing seeing no difference. I know three areas who will all tell you the same thing and in this particular area, the ADN program really does have more experience -- 35%...

2. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

   gdean1 replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   There are many areas that Professional doesn't require a Bachelors or a Masters, nursing is one of them. I've seen what comes out of the local BSN program and it's far from professional and it's all...

3. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

   gdean1 replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   Reread the line. The point being made was that a masters degree doesn't make a good teacher and a BSN degree doesn't make a good nurse. I know good nurses with each degree and I know bad nurses with...

4. Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

   gdean1 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   I've seen whiny newbies and b***chy preceptors and undortunately that is a management issue. First a preceptor should be wanting to train newbies or it won't work I've seen too many who do it for the...

5. Womens interest in male nurses

   gdean1 replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

   I'm sensing it's the maturity of those you are hanging around with. I also have gotten the advances from those who believe a nurse will sleep with anything anytime. Well, we're not all like that. Most...

6. Do i not have what it takes?

   gdean1 replied to Rocky_LPN's topic in Men in Nursing

   I agree with the majority, give it time. Get through any way you can now and it will settle down. Vomit is the one that gets me and I can almost get through that after over a year. It does get better...

7. scrubs

   gdean1 replied to timdmb's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I buy MOBB scrubs for the pockets and the price. Just google that. They are generally about $22 a set and you can never have enough

8. Curious...any of you guys considering Peds/PICU/NICU?

   gdean1 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Male Nursing Students

   I relish the opportunity when I graduate! I spent one day in NICU and fell in love. There is one guy who works there and he fell into that position 21 years ago and hasn't left. I never thought I'd...

9. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

   gdean1 replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   I truly feel sorry for NY if they implement this. With the shortages coming in the next few years, NY will be further behind the rest of the country, forced to pay outrageous bonuses for signing. I...

10. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    gdean1 replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had one of the greatest older guys one night with the most wonderful sense of humor. Working with an agency aid, he turned on the call light and she went in to see what he needed, she can't back out...

11. Somebody Please Help Me :(

    gdean1 replied to alishar2005's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well, you might think about retaking those classes but what you should do is really look at what you really want to do. Sure grades aren't critical and that's not bad, but no one can argue that grades...

12. To CNA or not to CNA

    gdean1 replied to DaFreak71's topic in General Nursing

    YES YES YES, but set your sites on a hospital. I work while in nursing school and have placed catheters, drawn blood, started IV's in addition to all the other NAC stuff. The nurses are super...

13. The Beautiful, Beautiful Pacific Northwest

    gdean1 replied to Foxfour's topic in Washington Nursing

    Sorry about KMR's response but the one thing most on the coast miss is everything east of the mountains. I was raised in Seattle too and couldn't wait to get out. My housing is less than a third that...

14. I'm an "ER" freak!

    gdean1 replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started out with Emergency too and it's taken me 30 plus years to get into the profession. Better late than

15. What needs changing in nursing?

    gdean1 replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    What's really needed is a reality check for current nurses. No other profession has such a need for compassion and caring providers and yet too many nurses act as though the patients are just in their...