Advice on getting a telemetry job for a new grad!?

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Hi everyone! I'm graduating in a few weeks with my BSN and will be taking my NCLEX very soon! This semester I ended up on a telemetry unit for my 180 hour internship and I loved it. I "worked" 7p-7a and spent any free time I could bugging the monitor tech to print me out strips to practice interpreting them. I was wondering if obtaining my ACLS or taking a basic EKG course would make a difference in getting a tele job? Or if there is any thing else that I'm unaware about that could help?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

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I think ACLS certification is open only to licensed personnel (e.g. nurses, paramedics, physicians, etc.). Therefore, you wouldn't be able to obtain this until you were already licensed as an RN.

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Specializes in Med Surg/ICU/Psych/Emergency/CEN/retired.
Hi everyone! I'm graduating in a few weeks with my BSN and will be taking my NCLEX very soon! This semester I ended up on a telemetry unit for my 180 hour internship and I loved it. I "worked" 7p-7a and spent any free time I could bugging the monitor tech to print me out strips to practice interpreting them. I was wondering if obtaining my ACLS or taking a basic EKG course would make a difference in getting a tele job? Or if there is any thing else that I'm unaware about that could help?

A basic EKG course or a basic arrhythmia course would be helpful. I cannot say if they would help getting a job. Nothing ventured, nothing gained though.

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