Telehealth Nursing

parmsran72 · Aug 21, 2013

Anyone working as Telehealth Nurse please share your experience.... Would like to know all pros & cons .... Got an interview on Monday... Help me decide please !!!!

Anyone there as Telehealth Nurse pls...

Daisy_08, BSN, RN · Aug 21, 2013

I've called before. Doesn't sound like something I'd like to do. Your basically reading off of a scrip and 90% of the time have to tell them to go to the hospital. You do some leasing with poison control ect.

It could be a nice, physically easy job.

Good luck.

loriangel14, RN · Aug 21, 2013

I haven't worked at that but a co worker used to. She said what Daisy said.You read a script. 99% of the time you tell them to go to the ER.If you didn't tell them to see a doctor and something was wrong you would be toast.

parmsran72 · Aug 25, 2013

Anyone working as Telehealth Nurse please share your experience.... Would like to know all pros & cons .... Got an interview on Monday... Help me decide please !!!!

Thank u for the input :)

ruralgirl08 · Aug 25, 2013

Two friends of mine did it for a while. One friend said she developed a range of knowledge, from going through the telephone assessments. Another worked up to an educator position, and seemed to like her job, but the pay was still better in the hospital. I heard that some workers were able to work from home, after time. Hope that helps.

ajaxgirl · Aug 26, 2013

I know two people who worked there.

Apparently, they time all your calls and they listen in.

They also time your washroom breaks.

They both turned me off of applying there.

Keep us posted on how things work out.

ruralgirl08 · Aug 26, 2013

That sounds terrible. Maybe that is why they are both now exclusively in the hospital.

parmsran72 · Sep 12, 2013

That sounds terrible. Maybe that is why they are both now exclusively in the hospital.

Thanks a lot ruralgirl & ajaxgirl... Will keep u posted !

ajaxgirl · Sep 13, 2013

Did you have the interview?

Have you been offered the job?