Medical/Telemetry

[lyceeboo]

I'd like to apply at a large community hospital in my town. They have openings in "Telemetry", "Medical/Telemetry" and more openings on a "Medical" floor. Does anyone know what Medical/Telemetry would be as compared to Telemetry? Do you think Telemetry in this case would be like an ICU step-down? Maybe Med/Tele is a little less acute????

I don't want to apply for something I'm not qualified for but I can't get the recruiter on the phone.

Any info would help. Thank you!

[pricklypear]

I'd say just apply. When you go in to interview, the managers of the different units will be able to give you a good idea of the acuity and type of patients. You may find you like one unit or manager over the others, even if you previously thought you were not qualified. Good luck!!

[zacarias, ASN, RN]

That's the problem with telemetry. There are dedicated tele floors, tele/med/surg floors, and progressive cardiac care units. They are all tele but different. That's why you have to talk to HR and/or the managers of these floors to get an idea of the work and what patient populations are cared for.

It seems a lot of the tele/step-down units are mixing themselves and becoming med/surg units. Or any heavy medical pt. who even has the slightest cardiac hx gets sent to tele.

[CanadaNursingStudent]

hello, i am a nursing student in canada and i will be staring my telemetry rotation soon. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what are some of the more common drugs used, proceedures and general information that might help me

[lyceeboo]

Pricklypear & Zacarias,

Thank you for being generous with your information and support. I will talks to HR first.

Canada,

If you don't get an answer here do a search on this tele forum. Someone asked a similar question and got a lot of good information. GOOD LUCK!

[chris_at_lucas_RN, RN]

Getting recruiters to call back is a real challenge!

You might call the individual units, ask for the nurse manager or charge nurse, identify yourself as interested in applying, but unsure of what types of problems the unit usually addresses.

Be very nice and polite, and allow for an "out," in case they are busy. You want to seem interested, forward thinking (which you obviously are), but not pushy--and you want to make sure they understand that you are interested in the info ahead of an application and interview because it will save them time if you only apply to those units where you are competent to serve.

You will stand out in the crowd, in some really good ways.

Good luck!