What is Telemetry nursing?

We're 6:1 on nights, usually start with 4-5 and admit 1-2 ERs. ACLS required within first year. Love the fast (sometimes insane) pace, love working with conscious patients who are educable and susceptible to motivation, love the teamwork (when the going gets rough, everyone helps out and doesn't worry about how they'll finish all their work, 'cause afterwards, everyone helps out everyone who's in a tight), love the interesting group problem-solving process. Just wish corporate would bring back the overtime.

basic arrhythmia class should be good for a general tele floor. these days in college that is included in your courses and so when u r out of college you can directly apply for tele floors. The tele classes are simple and not bad at all..

Also don't be nervous about ACLS. It seems intimidating, but really at the end you feel so much more confident in your ability to handle emergencies.

I recently did my first ACLS recertification in the US. I found it significantly more enjoyable and less stressful than my Australian experience. I have many years of cardiothoracic critical care experience, but our ACLS certifications at home were much more adversarial and scary! We had to just walk in, get various simulation scenarios and deal with them - rhythms, meds, defibs etc.

Over here, we had a pre-test which made you feel well-prepared, then watched videos, went through simulations as a group, and took a post-test. Quite fun!

I guess every facility is different. Mine requied a 3 month internship in which we learned about all of the differnt drips and protocols. We are all ACLS certified and more than half of us have our PCCN. I have been a tele nurse for over 8 years and really like it. I get to see so many different types of patients from pregnant mommas to 100 year old grandmas. I have gained so much experience and would recommend it to anyone.