telecraz

thanks, sometimes I don't know if it's being a new nurse or if it's the hospital I work in, of why I often feel so overwhelmed. What is the nurse pt ratio in your facility? We are support to have 6 pts- but we often have 8. I was an honor's student and still study all the time, yet still don't take a break, come in early & leave late. I had 3 months orientation and then was on my own- half of that being classroom MEDsurg stuff mostly- which I honestly found to be just a brief repeat of stuff I already knew since I just graduated- & actually some of the things they taught us were outdated by 4 years- the school I went to always taught us the very latest evidence based nursing. We are one step below ICU & the pt's are very critical, half our staff are new grads- scary I know- I love cardiac though & always wanted to go into it. Sometimes ICU RN's float to our floor & they often say- how can you work on this unit? See, as a new nurse I have nothing to compare this experience with & wonder how other tele units work. Thanks again

Thanks a bunch :wink2: - the MD does write orders for VS & BR durations. I also agree with Dianah that a visit to my cath lab would be helpful.

I'm a new RN working on a telemetry floor in LI NY. we get lots of pt's s/p c.cath and I'm not familiar with the dressings they apply, e.i. angioseal etc. What are the different types of dressings I should expect to see, which ones would I remove, which ones disolve on their own? Up till this point I have just been check for s/s of bleed or hematoma- but don't have a clue as to what type of dressing/seal I'm looking at since often it never gets told to me in report & I never can find it in the chart. Can anyone explain to me the different ones and maybe describe what they look like & how to care for them. Any info would be appreciated thanks:D