Mike A. Fungin RN

Mike A. Fungin RN

Trauma ICU, Peds ICU

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About Mike A. Fungin RN

Mike A. Fungin RN specializes in Trauma ICU, Peds ICU.


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  1. Bite Release Pressure Point

    You could try punching them in the face repeatedly until they let go. It worked for me.
  2. Doctor texting order turned into a nightmare

    HIPPA!!!
  3. "Elderly account for 70% of healthcare spending and 80% of that is in the final month of care. HealthCare Partners is somehow getting their elderly population to choose home and probably hospice at rates double the national average which is due to ei...
  4. A Call to Action from the Nation's Nurses in the Wake of Newtown

    Well, don't sweat it, because civilian ownership of automatic weapons has been effectively illegal since 1934. Don't look now, but your ignorance is showing.
  5. Nurses stopping for an accident scene - topic revisit

    That's the problem. Nurses (unless they're former Fire/EMS/LE or part of a flight program) haven't got the training to be "safe" at an accident scene. You don't know what you don't know, unless you know it. How to stage your vehicle at an accident...
  6. National Certification for PICU other than CCRN

    Not that I'm aware of. Classes (ENPC, PALS, etc.) but not professional certs. Why don't you want to get the peds CCRN? If you're not caring for adults, you 'll have to let your CCRN adult lapse anyways.
  7. Nursing Students That Are Dating

    Meh, don't sweat it until you get there. It might not be that bad. I see posts like those here all the time about how people had NO time in nursing school, and that was not my experience at all. I had lots of free time, it wasn't that bad. Everyo...
  8. D5w KCl IV fluid in hyperkalemic infant

    Well, first let's address your question about giving potassium in hyperkalemia. It may sometimes be appropriate, even life saving, to supplement K+ in someone with a high serum potassium. The most common situation that comes to mind is in metabolic...
  9. Signing out medications for my manager.

    If he doesn't have access because, in his words, "it would be a conflict," and you're circumventing that... how dies that make sense?
  10. Malpractice Insurance

    Proliability.comTheir plan's endorsed by AACN and they're underwritten by a MAJOR insurance company that's very well thought of in the business.No one in insurance has ever heard of NSO, and I don't know anyone who's had to use it and can report.
  11. Jon Stewart Puzzled Why Combat Medics Can't Apply for Nursing Jobs

    It's not a domestic problem, it's a military one.Both medics in the interview had their EMT-B certificates from the military. They can go work as an EMT when they get out. The problem is that they're really functioning as an EMT-P in the military, ...
  12. Check Up: Obamacare vs. Romneycare: Any real difference?

    None of it is healthcare reform. It's all health insurance reform. As long as both sides are willing to sell out to big insurance by keeping them in the mix, things won't get better.
  13. John Muir Fall 2012- New Grad

    The great irony is that while visiting this page, I see this at the top:
  14. Travel assignment at Oakland Kaiser...wanting to live in San Fran

    Should probably add that I had my med/surg and peds clinicals at Kaiser Oakland. I also have a good friend who works in their ER, and have taken my father-in-law there for care. Overall, folks seem pretty happy working there. At least as much as a...
  15. Travel assignment at Oakland Kaiser...wanting to live in San Fran

    Don't let Oakland scare you. Like any urban city, there are very bad areas, very nice ones, and everything in between. Kaiser Oakland happens to be (as the previous poster wrote) right on the edge of a really cool neighborhood with lots of great re...