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Hi, I work in a community hospital on a medical floor. We have 20 telemtry capibility. I have seen it when almost every unit has been in use. Our hospital uses charge nurses and they are certified by a telemetry coorifice to read the strips and interpret them. ADN nurses also take this class and classes so they may rotate through the charge position. I really like the tele. I have many patients that come in with chest pain r/o MI, or electrolyte imbalances. It gives me the hawks eye to see what cardiac changes a patient is having, then I am able to quickly assess the patient to see just what exactally is going on. there have been instances on the night shift where we have seen acute changed on tele and appropriatly called a code. I feel tele is a great tool for this nurse.