New grad telemetry please suggest books or websites

BBFRN, BSN, PhD · Jul 19, 2004

Don't get too scared...lol. Your hospital should be including Telemetry teaching in your orientation. I would be surprised if they allow you to work in Telemetry without it.

http://www.randylarson.com/acls/3rhythms.html

This website will help you get started. Good luck!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 19, 2004

randylarson.com as noted above is the bomb.

There are a lot of books and courses you can take to learn and improve EKG skills. Every three or four years I take another course as a refresher.

Here's a good course http://www.rnceus.com/course_frame.asp?exam_id=16&directory=ekg that I didn't take, but that I used to study because it gives the interventions, and on our tele unit we are tested on the interventions.

Good luck!

Altra, BSN, RN · Jul 20, 2004

3rdShiftGuy & Lgflamini -- thanks much for posting those sites. I have clinicals on a telemetry unit this week and next week, and those were very helpful to take a peek at. :)

BBFRN, BSN, PhD · Jul 20, 2004

No problem! Just take it 1 step at a time, and you'll be fine. I remember how scared I was before I got the cert. It's not as hard as it looks- usually...lol. I still have a strip every now and then that I send down to CCU for clarification. :)

shinerchia · Jul 23, 2004

Dale Dubin has a "see Dick run' style book on how to learn 12 lead interpretation.

zambezi, BSN, RN · Jul 23, 2004

Here is a list of various sites for practicing ekg readings. Some are about the pathyphysiology of the heart some are fairly broad cardiac sites and some are more specific...Anyway, I would suggest taking a basic ekg class and then lots of practice, the more you see it the easier it gets... Good luck!

http://www.icufaqs.org/

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012151

http://www.randylarson.com/acls/start.html

http://www.blaufuss.org/

http://www.childrensheartinstitute.org/

http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/index.html

http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1053714937281ACLSPROV_App3.pdf

http://www.fpnotebook.com/CV219.htm

http://www.bioscience.org/atlases/heart/

http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/pstc/prandekg.htm

http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart1.html

http://home.cwru.edu/~dck3/heart/listen.html#Where%20to%20place%20your%20stethoscopy