ADVICE PLEASE,

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Hello Fellow Nurses, I am a fairly new nurse with 1 year experience in SNF. I got a new Staff Nurse position at an Acute Care Hospital in Telemetry-Cardiac. Please I need advice as to what to expect? How to approach my new position? Areas to focus on ect? All nursing nuggets welcome. Thank you.

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

You might go search the specialty section, cardiac specialty group.

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Specializes in CPN.

Check out FreshRN podcast. They are primarily neuro nurses, but I've really enjoyed listening to their podcast. It's geared towards new nurses at the bedside. Listening in the car are when you are cleaning around the house could be a great and easy way to get some little nuggets in.

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Review basic telemetry readings. PQRST, normal sinus rhythm, tachycardia, bradycardia, etc.

Just stick with the basics. When you're really comfortable with a normal EKG, normal P - R interval, normal QRS, etc then at first you may not know what to call a rhythm but you'll know it doesn't look right.

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Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer my questions Thank you for the advice. I will put it into practice.

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