mmills63

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1. Considering Travel Nursing, but limited experience

   mmills63 posted a topic in Travel

   Looking for some experienced travel nurses to weigh in with opinions. I'm considering leaving my full-time position with the hospital I currently work at. Pay (or lack thereof) is a big issue, as well as a lack of trust in upper management. I'm 30 ye...

2. Operating Room nursing jobs for new grads

   mmills63 replied to mmills63's topic in Indiana

   Apply through the major hospital's websites; sell yourself to the recruiters and the nurse managers... Preach teamwork, communication, and customer service; that's what they're looking for. You don't need to know anybody; my wife is an RN, so is her ...

3. Operating Room nursing jobs for new grads

   mmills63 replied to mmills63's topic in Indiana

   I like to come back to these threads and give updates; maybe it'll help someone else searching for information. I graduated in December, took NCLEX two weeks ago (and passed), and yesterday I interviewed at IU Health (Methodist) for an OR Internship....

4. Accepted! Now what?

   mmills63 replied to mmills63's topic in Male Students

   Took the NCLEX on Wed. (I got ALL 265 questions) and I PASSED! I still can't believe it's over... Seems so surreal.

5. Accepted! Now what?

   mmills63 replied to mmills63's topic in Male Students

   UPDATE: I figured if come back here and post an update. I just took my last final exam on Friday and am proud to say, I AM DONE! I PASSED NURSING SCHOOL! I MADE IT! It was rough, it was long, but it was worth it. I'm a rough dude (deadlift 500 lbs, ...

6. Operating Room/Periop 101 in Charlotte?

   mmills63 posted a topic in North Carolina

   Hey NC nurses! I'm starting my last semester of my ASN program in Indiana. My wife is an ICU RN and I want to start an OR training program after I graduate in December. We just visited Charlotte for the first time this weekend to visit my mom, and we...

7. Operating Room nursing jobs for new grads

   mmills63 replied to mmills63's topic in Indiana

   Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that IU Health was seeking magnet status and wasn't hiring ASN nurses...

8. Operating Room nursing jobs for new grads

   mmills63 posted a topic in Indiana

   I'm in my seconds semester of my ASN program (graduate December, 2013) and I'm very interested in working in the OR after I graduate. I've seen the Community Hospital offers a training program for RNs with no OR experience, and the job posting says t...

9. Recommendations: Long sleeve shirt to cover tattoos

   mmills63 replied to mmills63's topic in Male Students

   OMG; that's genius! Thanks!

10. Pay difference between Hospitals and Physicians Office

    mmills63 posted a topic in Indiana

    I'm trying to find out some information about how much an R.N. makes working in a physicians office vs. working on a hospital. I'm in my 1st semester now, but I'd like to be well-informed before I enter the workforce, and my wife is an RN working nig...

11. Recommendations: Long sleeve shirt to cover tattoos

    mmills63 replied to mmills63's topic in Male Students

    Thanks everyone (almost) for the help. @mclennan - ill def check out TatJacket; thanks for the recommendation @jt43 - yes my school requires me to cover them. @canadiandude - that's about the stupidest ******* comment to an honest question I've ever ...

12. Recommendations: Long sleeve shirt to cover tattoos

    mmills63 posted a topic in Male Students

    Hey everyone, I know this subject has been talked to death in other forums, but nobody seems to be getting to the point, and I have too much med-surg homework to read to be messing around for hours on these forums! My tattoos were awesome when I was ...

13. Accepted! Now what?

    mmills63 replied to mmills63's topic in Male Students

    Thanks for the advice everyone! I'm in the thick of it now... got a B on my first Fundamentals exam; next one is coming up fast! I bought a digital voice recroder and started recording the lectures to listen to them again over the weekend (doen't mak...

14. First semester first exam

    mmills63 replied to TracyB229's topic in Student Assist

    I just took my first test last Wednesday too; the "check all that apply" questions really got me. 10 out of 50 questions were in that format, and I missed 6 of them. Part of you gets discouraged, thinking "this is supposed to be the easy part of nurs...

15. Reserves/Guard Nursing w/ Perm Profile

    mmills63 posted a topic in Government

    Hello everyone, I'm currently a SSG in the Indiana Army National Guard. I received my B.S. in Nutrition Science last October, and JUST resigned my AGR position to attend Nursing School (just revived my acceptance letter a few days ago!). I'm in somew...