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1. 5-Wire Telemetry. Which lead tracing do I interpret?

   winzer replied to winzer's topic in Cardiac

   Thanks a lot for the prompt response guys! This clears things up a bit. This issue, especially the one discussed on the AACN website, adds a bit of complexity to my (mis) understanding.

2. 5-Wire Telemetry. Which lead tracing do I interpret?

   winzer replied to winzer's topic in Cardiac

   Thanks! That sums it up nicely. So, depending on what "direction" the leads are looking, is it possible for one part of the heart to display a tracing that looks like SVT in one lead but another part of the heart to trace a VTACH when looking from a ...

3. 5-Wire Telemetry. Which lead tracing do I interpret?

   winzer posted a topic in Cardiac

   I'm a novice at reading telemetry strips. I'm mostly self taught but also took an intro course. If given a given 6 second strip, I'll analyze for about half a minute and I usually get the interpretation right. But my question is this, on a 5-wire tel...

4. New Grad Nurse + Health Force Ontario INELEGIBILE = Tough Time Finding Job

   winzer replied to winzer's topic in Career Support

   If there's a way to send a private message on this forum then I haven't figured it out yet. My email is [email protected]

5. New Grad Nurse + Health Force Ontario INELEGIBILE = Tough Time Finding Job

   winzer replied to winzer's topic in Career Support

   Hi rpnOntario, I don't know where in Ontario you are but, if you're willing to move up north then you might want to try applying to rural hospitals. That's my situation right now and it's been a positive experience so far. It's definitely going to be...

6. I'd like to work for free at a hospital, for a while at least. Is this even possible?

   winzer posted a topic in Career Support

   It might sound a bit crazy but I guess I've become a bit desperate. I am from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and graduated with a bachelor's degree in nursing 8 months ago. My interest is in adult acute care and I would like to work in a med/surg unit or s...

7. Assigned to patients with conditions VERY unfamiliar to you

   winzer replied to winzer's topic in Student Assist

   Thank your for all the replies. I think when it comes to situation like this, you really have to fall back on the basics and one of the fundamental concepts I was taught in nursing school was patient safety (remember the rights of med administration?...

8. What's a not so new grad to do to compete with new grads?

   winzer replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in New Nurse

   I feel for ya! I just graduated about half a year ago and haven't found employment either. Technically, I'm not considered a "new grad" anymore in my state/province and don't qualify for all the "new grad recruitment" advantages that "NEW new grads" ...

9. New Grad Nurse + Health Force Ontario INELEGIBILE = Tough Time Finding Job

   winzer posted a topic in Career Support

   I'm new on this forum and did a quick search to see if there was a similar post but didn't find one so, sorry if this is a repost. I'm a new RN from Ontario, Canada. As some Ontarians know, "new" grads are eligible for HFO funding meaning that the go...

10. Assigned to patients with conditions VERY unfamiliar to you

    winzer posted a topic in Student Assist

    Here's the situation... Suppose you're a new nurse and, at start of shift, you're assigned to patients with illnesses/post-op procedures/diagnoses/etc. that you are very, very unfamiliar with (or, worse, you haven't even heard of these conditions bef...