Morning Glory

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   Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

   Morning Glory replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks everyone. Just to clarify, I'm not talking about me having an issue with accepting patients who are on remote tele, that's pretty basic in med/surg. I'm saying, as a med surg nurse, I've been...
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   Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

   Morning Glory replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, the more I think about this the more I realize I was being a little ridiculous. These patients aren’t that much different than what I see on med Surg so there isn’t a truly unsafe issue....
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   Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

   Morning Glory replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

   And yes, the basic knowledge is there even if I’m not an expert in tele, I know the basics to the point where it truly isn’t unreasonable to care for these
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   Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

   Morning Glory replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

   Gotcha. Yeah, I’m just over thinking this. I see what you’re saying. It just kind of is what it is right now with Covid too, where med Surg floors are getting blended with progressive care...
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   Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

   Morning Glory replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

   We don’t have yearly ekg learning although I wish we did. In our med Surg, we also get called from the monitor tech and we reach out to the doctor but we don’t analyze them. Again, I’m probably...
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   Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

   Morning Glory replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, be cool. I’m just asking a question. You floating from ICU to progressive care is not the same thing as med Surg floating up to progressive care. I have no experience with progressive care...
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   Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

   Morning Glory replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

   Yes. Absolutely. The issue isn’t the tele monitor just the tele admission status itself. I’m under the impression that having a patient with a progressive care/tele status places them outside of...
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   Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

   Morning Glory posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a med-surg nurse working per diem in addition to my full time job. When I took the job, I clarified with them that I would only be used on med/surg floors and specifically clarified that I would...