Mike A. Fungin RN

Mike A. Fungin RN

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  1. Nurses eating and drinking at the nurses station

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

    When my employer starts letting me take the lunch break that I'm legally entitled to, then I'll stop eating at the nurses

  2. Worked hard all night

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

    I just love it when people (patients, visitors, other nurses) give nurses a hard time for "sitting at the computer." I'd much rather be taking care of patients than creating mountains of documentation...

  3. Interpinary discipline

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to miljes83's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    That's not really helpful. To OP, just go ahead and give your new employer the info they're requesting. It sounds like you did everything required of you by the state in which this occurred and was...

  4. Can any of you guys help a guy out with 10 questions?

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

    E-mailed you a

  5. Ca. Paramedic to RN?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to skimedik's topic in California Nursing

    It's not as uncommon as you might think. I know there are a few other people posting on these boards who went from fire/EMS to nursing besides me, and I work in a trauma ICU with another former FF....

  6. Nurses aren't maids!

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to AnaCatRN's topic in Private Duty

    I understand from your second post that when this happened maybe you didn't trust yourself to address the issue directly. That was probably a good idea if you were in danger of losing your temper,...

  7. Do you feel society is in denial about the nursing field?

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

    There is a nursing shortage, but things are tight right now. That means fewer people retiring or moving jobs, fewer new jobs being created, and employers asking employees to do more with less. That...

  8. Discovering how harmfull most prescribed chemicles are how do you live with yourself?

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

    OP, as a nursing student you're hopefully taught to maintain a healthy level of skepticism and know where your statistics are coming from. The 130,000 number you quote isn't from a peer reviewed...

  9. do RN residency programs really make a difference?

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

    Being a Magnet hospital, given my experience, doesn't necessarily mean anything. They can be just as bad or worse than non-Magnet

  10. Alameda County

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Kelliqua's topic in California Nursing

    Most civil service jobs (i.e. police, fire, county nursing) rank potential hires into "bands" or "ranks". This is probably what they meant. Example, when I was still applying to fire departments...

  11. How many times do you really skip lunches and breaks?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    I work night shift, 7pm to 7:30am, 3 days a week. In theory I am required by law to take a 30 minute lunch break, and my employer also allows for as many as two 15-minute breaks. The reality is that...

  12. sleep breaks?

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

    i'd be happy to actually take the 30 minute lunch break that my employer docks my pay for. as it is i work 12.5 hours for 12 hours of

  13. I know this is rather mediocre.....

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

    Some friends and I tried to create a drinking game based on the inaccuracies in House. It was short lived, mostly because liver transplants are hard to come

  14. Are you an organ donor?

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

    I'm not an organ donor because nothing I've heard has been able to sell me on the

  15. White male in nursing, any scholarship options I need help BAD!!

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

    You are seriously misinformed. Kevin, you can try the American Assembly for Men in Nursing. They do a scholarship for male students annually, but it's

  16. Gravity NS boluses for pediatric patients?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Nursing

    Classic. I say stuff like this to nursing students all the

  17. Has anyone heard of needing a liver transplant d/t trauma?

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

    Not a HIPAA violation. If the patient is making a claim against your friend's auto insurance to cover his medical costs then he has to voluntarily disclose that information about his injuries and...

  18. 7 months of RN experience

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to herrin2011's topic in California Nursing

    Why don't you stay where you are until you have a year's experience, then come join

  19. nursing agencies san francisco (not traveling)

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to EMcGrady's topic in California Nursing

    Do a quick search on threads regarding the availability of new grad positions in the bay area and you'll see that you're barking up the wrong

  20. Do you stop infusion "for a walk?"

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    We're a no smoking facility, so they're S.O.L. for a smoke break unless they want to sign

  21. Exploitation of New Grads in California

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to MrNurseRN's topic in California Nursing

    Could you be more specific what "California programs" you mean so we are all clear what we're talking about? There's a "T2P" or Transition to Practice Program in the SF Bay Area, which a lot of people...

  22. Feedback on Bay Area hospitals?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to nursecass's topic in California Nursing

    Where in the east bay are you relocating to? As the previous poster mentioned, it's a very large area. We might be able to give you better answers if we know the general

  23. JCAHO & legible signatures w/ noting orders

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

    That's not the point. Anyone could use it and it'd be like signing your

  24. A Violation of Hipaa?

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

    Ah, there it is, "HIPPA." It was only a matter of

  25. Violence against nurses law.

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

    that's what i was getting at, my point for being unclear. in any case... the comment about hate crime laws was really inconsequential to the topic at