[ishbell]

Hi

I have recently taken over as the nurse manager on a 30 bedded cardiology ward with 30 telemetry monitors.

I am looking to set up guidelines re use of telemetry, as the practice on the ward has been to record every hour the rythm and rate of patients on telemetry, and I am questioning the rationale re this.

If anyone has any guidelines regarding the rationale in recording hourly obs I would be most grateful.

Also on a seperate note, I am looking to develop guidelines on the use of femstops and also a competency tool to assess staff competency in using femstops.

Any help most appreciated

Many Thanks
Ishbell