How confident are you with reading tele

[Grobyc82]

Hey guys. I was wondering how confident are you in reading telemetry rhythm strips for those that work in critical/stepdown/tele floors in the hospital. Personally I work on a tele floor and feel pretty confident except when it comes to the heart blocks. Also, do you feel comfortable with managing tele patients? Getting tele patients and starting them on a amiodarone drip if they get into rapid afib as an example...

Anyways, thoughts?

[OyWithThePoodles, RN]

I work PRN on a surgical floor, so reading tele strips isn't requirement, thank goodness. I suck at rhythms. SUCK. Even after the 8 hour class.