Mike A. Fungin RN

Mike A. Fungin RN

Trauma ICU, Peds ICU

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  1. When things at work make you think of allnurses.com

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to inkedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm more interested in what's happening with the hypotensive/bradycardic pt. on a bumex drip whose physician thinks throwing morphine and dopa on board is a good

  2. Am I wrong? Or am I being Harrassed?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to nursynurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you need to: 1: Be direct with her about criticizing your performance in front of your coworkers. Say, "I appreciate your feedback and I'll address the issues you've brought up, but if in the...

  3. Academic dishonesty dilemma! Advice needed, plz...

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to dean1987's topic in General Nursing

    If you do nothing then you're complicit in the

  4. CNA certification

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to AHeartLikeHis's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure their are jobs for CNAs in mental health where you live first. This may be a regional thing, but CNAs aren't used in mental health settings where I

  5. confused...legal to not feed patients?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    There's really not enough information about the patient's condition to make a call one way or the other. What do you mean by "coma." That's not really a term we use in a hospital setting, as it's...

  6. bad experience with a male nurse

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to bigd123's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Behavior like that has to do with someone's personality. Not their sex, and not their

  7. How much will the nursing program affect my sports watching?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to ljonm's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If you budget your time during school you can still have a life. While I was getting my BSN I had plenty of time to watch sports, be outdoors, party, and chase

  8. It Frustrates Me

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've seen this brought up or mentioned on these boards before... and it always bewilders me. I've never had it suggested to me that a female peer or "chaperone" should accompany me while providing...

  9. From Police Officer To BSN- can it work ?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to roadagent1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Firefighter/EMT to nurse worked out pretty well for me! Having worked in the field with the public in high stress situations will serve you extremely well in nursing. As for your concerns about...

  10. Which rotation are you just hating?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to mammac5's topic in General Students

    Maternity. I was comfortable with the work (former firefighter, I've caught a few babies in the back of an ambulance). The problem was the L&D nurses weren't comfortable with me... that is, a male...

  11. NCLEX review books

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to MJB2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Saunders is great for content review. If you want practice questions, can't go wrong with Kaplan or

  12. will ACLS help me get that job?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to OrionQuiltsRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Most places that require ACLS will opt to retrain you in in post-hire anyways. So, if you're strapped for cash, it's not a great investment. If you can afford it though, having it won't

  13. Any Nurse Recruiters out there?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to bruali's topic in General Nursing

    The answer is: sometimes. It happens sometimes when human resources needs to make a decision between two people, or when they're trying to thin a huge applicant pool. Meaning: 1: All other things...

  14. Help... Nursing Nurses 2

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    What is it you want to do exactly? You weren't entirely clear on that point, and the way things are written it sounds like you want to be able to do some breastfeeding while you're at work....

  15. Using Demerol in the ED

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to mandasueRN's topic in Emergency

    I think I threw out the report, and I don't have access to a journal database because I'm on my home computer. See if you're hospital has employee access to a database, that's the easiest way to find...

  16. Using Demerol in the ED

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to mandasueRN's topic in Emergency

    There's a lot of evidence out their supporting taking meperidine out of circulation. How did you search for articles? Are you using a basic search engine, or a journal database. Try the latter,...

  17. Do you think male nurses get more respect?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Meg88's topic in General Nursing

    I think there's much more to having the respect of your patients, physicians, and fellow nurses than whether you're male or female. There are a lot of other more important factors, like how competent...

  18. How Many Patients Each Shift?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to NurseStephen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1) What type of setting do you perform nursing? Neuroscience/Trauma/Surgical ICU 2) What type of nursing care do you perform - team nursing, primary nursing, or other? Primary nursing 2) How many...

  19. Sign announcing you're an RN on your car?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Perpetual Student's topic in General Nursing

    How do you figure? Not trying to spark a debate, I just don't get

  20. Passed 111

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to astronaut714's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Umm... what are 111 and

  21. advice for selecting a nursing field to enter

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Dino's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yeah dude, you're going to have to suck it up... there's no

  22. ABSN vs. ELMSN

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Tigershell339's topic in General Nursing

    I came to nursing from a similar background (Fire/EMS) and with similar goals (ICU, ED, Flight). ED/Flight is where you're headed and you have no aspirations for advanced practice, management, or...

  23. Modifying tasks when pregnant. My boss says "no".

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to RNnik07's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand... is there a reason you can't take a LOA or maternity

  24. Alert but confused

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to mytoon38's topic in General Nursing

    I think I went though most of nursing school alert, confused, and

  25. Time for a Title Change

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    I think a better idea would be to increase public understanding of what nurses actually do by doing things like working with the media to encourage more accurate protrayals of the roles of nurses and...