kmiller255

kmiller255 has 1 years experience and specializes in Trauma- Med/Surg.

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1. Can RNs remove temporary pacing (pacemaker/epicarial) wires?

   kmiller255 replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in Cardiac

   I work on a Cardiac Step Down unit and we pull pacer wires all of the time. I think it just depends if RN's are adequately trained and the hospital's policy. If we run into any resistance pulling or they have been in a long time or the patient is a r...

2. Love or hate your IV pumps?

   kmiller255 replied to steffimarty's topic in General Nursing

   We use Braun at our hospital They are pretty user friendly. They are small and compact so you can stack them pretty easily. They do seem to beep a lot though.

3. New Traveler with 1 year experience

   kmiller255 replied to kmiller255's topic in Travel

   I have no plans to stay in WV. I originally was going to go back to Colorado but thought I'd give the travel nursing thing a shot!

4. New Traveler with 1 year experience

   kmiller255 replied to kmiller255's topic in Travel

   Thanks Ned! I'm originally from Colorado and have been working in West Virginia so I will not be returning to WV once i start traveling, but I may keep the apartment until I determine if traveling is for me! Thanks!

5. New Traveler with 1 year experience

   kmiller255 posted a topic in Travel

   Hell All, I am new to travel nursing and looking at starting in the next month or so. I have 1 year experience at a very busy teaching hospital on a trauma med/surg unit. I know there is a great debate regarding having more than 1 year experience. I...

6. Paperwork and housing = pain in the butt

   kmiller255 replied to Tooimpatient's topic in Travel

   I too am looking at travel nursing. I just had my first interview and turned it down because it didn't seem like a good fit. I started out extremely excited about traveling and did my research now trying to juggle subletting my current apartment and ...

7. **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

   kmiller255 replied to Bell13's topic in New Nurse

   West Virginia $23.04 with $4 weekend differential Med/Surg Trauma Unit 8 months

8. Professionalism....name your irritation here!

   kmiller255 replied to LobotRN's topic in Professionalism

   Inappropriate conversations and excessive cussing. It drives me crazy on my unit the types of conversations people have at the nurses station and they are not quiet about it where you know patients and their families can hear. News flash no one wants...

9. New Grad RN Angst

   kmiller255 replied to danigold's topic in New Nurse

   I feel exactly the same way. I work nights on a med/surg trauma unit at a very busy teaching hospital and I am about a month into my orientation. The first three weeks I oriented on days, then had a week of nights, then have to cross train on another...

10. Moving to Colorado RN

    kmiller255 replied to LittleYogaNurse's topic in Job Hunt

    I am a Colorado native. There are plenty of areas in the Denver area that are outside of the city that are more affordable and close to downtown. Depending where in the Denver are you or your husband works the surrounding areas like Thornton, Westmin...

11. Apply for a RN job as a New Grad

    kmiller255 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am in a second degree nursing program and will be done in August. Yay! Yet I am still ambivalent about finding a job. I am originally from Colorado but I am nursing school in West Virginia so i am also trying to figure out where I will be moving. T...