Mike A. Fungin RN

Mike A. Fungin RN

Trauma ICU, Peds ICU

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  1. Ca RNs drawing blood?

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

    Might be facility specific. They can always limit our scope of practice within house. i.e. RT's and medics can't intubate at my

  2. What is the longest long day anyone works???

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    big difference. flight nurses get downtime and get to sleep if there's no calls. i used to do 24's as a firefighter/emt and that was wayyy easier than doing 12 hour nights or days as an

  3. Violence against nurses law.

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

    Likewise, I'm not a big fan of laws that afford greater protection for a particular class of people. This reminds me of "hate crime" laws that don't protect white victims of race-based offenses. We...

  4. Chest tube help

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to RNLola035's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that's the way some of them are designed. It was probably an Atrium Oasis or Express. There's a dial for setting the amount of suction you want, as opposed to filling a chamber with water....

  5. Move out here or get 1 year experience first ?!?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to indreams84's topic in California Nursing

    3 ICU/ER offers at level 1 trauma centers? Count your blessings and take one of those positions for a year, at

  6. Job opportunities for New Grads

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

    I have truly never understood why someone in already stiff competition for limited positions would want to expand the applicant pool by spreading the

  7. Patients and the race card

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    CanadaEh, I think it was brave of you to ask the nurses on this forum how to handle that kind of behavior, despite probably knowing full well that many here would use it as an opportunity to get on...

  8. One bad egg...

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

    On the one hand, she's a student. The nurse manager has no place telling a student what they can or can't wear, unless it's a safety issue (i.e. flip flops). The student's not an employee, she's...

  9. Veteran nurses give your opinion of the new grad job situation

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

    I think that if LTC positions are all that is available to you right now, it would be foolish to turn one down because it might make you "unmarketable" in the future. I can't imaging that being...

  10. Annoyed- Surgical Tech does NOT equal Nurse!

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

    It is, at least in

  11. What is the most important trait to have as a nurse?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to blessed2bfree's topic in General Nursing

    Common sense and the confidence to follow it when those around you

  12. RN's home address is accessible fm Internet

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

    The website for California is http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/wllqryna$lcev2.startup?p_qte_code=RN&p_qte_pgm_code=7800 and it only lists the county, not your whole

  13. John Muir Nurses ! ICN/NICU

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

    Your best bet is to excel in your preceptorship and make sure your preceptor knows how interested you are. If there are opportunities for new grads in the next year, her recommendation will go a long...

  14. AEDs and SNFs

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to badphish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sounds like the administrators need some education. What could you possibly do wrong with an

  15. Death and taxes...

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

    Look up the federal and California state income tax brackets, and you can do the math. They're pretty easy to find on

  16. PEG Tube to suction..

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to RN2114's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen PEG to suction ordered on rare occasions, usually in patients with extensive abdominal

  17. The "Flirt"

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to exit96's topic in Men in Nursing

    It's amusing. Helps break the tension of

  18. Looking for EMT's who are now in nursing school

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

    I'd like to know: How is nursing the same or different from your expectations? Same: Good schedule, great benefits/salary, challenging Different: On the plus side, I have more autonomy (at least in...

  19. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in a neuroscience / trauma ICU... so a little combativeness is par for the course. That said, there's a difference between being on the receiving end of abuse from someone with a brain injury,...

  20. Hippa question

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to sprintin08's topic in General Nursing

    Exception, and this is a hypothetical, if you had a patient with distinctive injuries that was all over the news... i.e. gunshot wounds and blunt trauma following an altercation with law...

  21. Hippa question

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to sprintin08's topic in General Nursing

    For the most part it's safe to mention things you did or even types of patients you had, i.e. "Busy night... I had a bad sepsis case and a fresh

  22. can someone review my resume?

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

    1) I don't think you need to decribe what you did in each clinical rotation, i.e. "Assisted with the care of patients before and after orthopedic surgeries." It's sufficient to list the facility,...

  23. Just Relax?

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

    I've been known to use "just relax" or even "chill out" as a weapon of last resort under some circumstances, and it's been known to

  24. Looking for EMT's who are now in nursing school

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

    I'm now a practicing nurse, but I was an EMT before nursing school. I suppose examination of that could bear out something interesting for you. What kind of feedback are you looking for

  25. Is it realistic that I'll make 80-100,000 thousand after I graduate with associates.

    Mike A. Fungin RN replied to Awright162's topic in General Nursing

    I had a BSN, my degree was helpful in getting that particular job, and that facility paid BSN nurses about $1,200 more a year. All this said, I made that much money because the cost of living in the...