Topics About 'Telemetry'.

Telemetry issue.. In my hospital we now use safe and sound. I am seeing an increasing number of issues with it, but there are three main issues that I have noticed. I work in ICU. First, there is no way to cancel an alarm for more than two minut...

Hi everyone I am a new grad recently offered an RN position at the VA hospital I currently work as a tech at, on a med surg unit. I also have an offer for John Muir new grad program on a telemetry unit. I like where I currently work as everyone...

Hi y'all! I'm super excited since I'll be starting my clinical practice on Monday (I'm currently a 1st semester student). I'll be selecting a pt on Sunday from the telemetry unit. Has anyone "worked" that floor before? I want to know what to expect a...

It's like a nursing nightmare. Not the kind where you end up in front of the school body naked, but close. There's a patient in rapid atrial fib who keeps climbing out of bed in room 23. A new admit just came up from the cath lab and is cooling their...

Hey guys! Looking for some advice as an upcoming grad. I graduate in December 2019 and have been offered two jobs. The first job is in a hospital on a telemetry floor where I’m currently working on it as a nursing extern. (nurse aid). After graduatio...

Old-school RN here. Studied for Boards (before they were called NCLEX) while traveling West in a wagon train, fighting dinosaurs along the way. Cut my teeth in several ICUs, when Swan-Ganz catheters were becoming all the rage. Have seen trends and tr...