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Hi all, I am about to start my first Tele. job as a PCT. I have never worked in a hospital before. I HAVE worked in home health and nursing homes. Can anyone please share your experiences in Telemetry??? Also, how do you transfer patients in Tele...

Has anyone moved across country?? Say they are a nurse in Illinois and they want to move to Texas. If so, how was your hiring process?? Did you perform interviews via Skype? Was it hard to get the attention of hospitals in other states? Thanks!

Thanks for this info!!! It really helps!!

thanks!

When you put out your resume--did you put your old address or the new one??

THANK YOU ALLL!!! When you did your resume did you put your home address or the address you were moving to??

I have been hired at a floor where it is way short staffed, and the ratios are horrible,,I am new to the hospital experience and wanted to know what ratios you all have I am a PCT on Tele floor and I am responsible for 17 patients!! How many do you g...

So true, so true!! If everyone works as a team it is great!

EXACTLY!!! You are 100% correct!!!! Actually that exact thing happens ALLLLLL the time!! Just yesterday I was struggling to change a guy and a nurse came in and turned off the light and left, never helped. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!! You understand completely...

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO true, unfortunately our RNs have selective hearing and NEVER answer the lights. We get a "call light report" after our shift and it tells how many lights were over a minute. if it says 8 or so all that means is NOONE HELPED US!!! ...

Ha!! So true!! having this many patients is crazy!!

THANKS!! I am so glad you can understand!

I am new to performing accuchecks and can't seem to get enough blood---any tips??

I would LOVE feedback! I have been on the floor of my hospital for 13 days now on my own, so yup I am brand new. I have been a CNA for 5 years, but this is my first hospital experience. 99% of the staff are WONERFUL!! and then there's "Nurse Ratch...

You are soooo right!! ALL of the other nurses on my floor are just wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!! Actually I went to the Chapel in the hospital before working with her, believe me God was right by my side. The teacher removed the nurse from her roster of nurses to assign students to. So the student was with a different nurse this w...

AGREED AGREED AGREEED!!!! You hit the nail on the head!!

THANK YOU!!! I agree on the percentages. I wish more people wanted to work as a team, it helps serve our patients better. The student is wonderful!!! Actually, he told me yesterday that his teacher was in the room too. I didn't notice her, thoug...

Thanks everyone!! She was sitting in her chair drinking her starbucks, playing Candy Crush on her phone. She wasn't waiting for any calls, or charting, she was just plain being rude and lazy. A couple coworkers came to me last night and explained ...

yours sounds wonderful!!!

yup!!those wards with 14+ patients IS hell!!!and you can NOT do your job properly. It's just not fair to the patient.

awesome tips, thanks!!!!!!

Hey Guys!!So.....calloused (however you spell it) fingers--perform accucheck on them or not???

WOW!!!You are also a very nice and kind nurse, I wish ours helped like you!

Wow, you sound like a kind RN. Our RNs think we are their slaves and have zero respect. a PCT was showing me something (remember I am still orientating!) and this one nurse said "ok, no more teaching I need to talk".....you know what she needed to ...