Re: Help this Tele/CICU nurse floating to Med/Surg...
I work in Med-Surg and am jealous of the experience others have in tele/ICU! The main thing, as mentioned, is the # of patients. For example, dayshift here can get up to 6, nightshift up to 10 (no monitors). It's a lot but you don't have to do VS as often, they're on routine meds (po, IVF, IV Abx), they're *usually* stable and some are self-sufficient. The main thing is time management so you can do all you're supposed to but for a lot more pts. We sometimes get tele/ICU nurses pulled to Med/Surg and that's their issue. I think that will be the main adjustment for you.
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