Telemetry course

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Hey guys im applying for a telemetry floor and looking into doing a Florida approved CE course.

Heres a link: http://www.westernschools.com/Admin/ProductDetail/tabid/116/rvdsfpid/the-12lead-ecg-in-acute-coronary-syndromes-3rd-edition-2347/Default.aspx

Is this course acceptable for the floor or is the hospital going to require me to take another once im hired? Btw i already got my PALS and ACLS

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

looks good to me.

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At my hospital you can test out of the tele courses if you feel comfortable, so that course would probably be good.

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Specializes in Quality, Cardiac Stepdown, MICU.

I would wait, or ask during your interview. My floor made me take the AHA Basic Dysrhythmia (basically to test out), and then our education folks offered a 12-lead class that I got paid to take. If I told them I took something outside, they would have said, "that's nice, but why did you pay for it? And we want you to take ours anyway." Like I said, just wait, or ask.

Also, I'm pretty solid on ACLS and rhythms, and I still had trouble learning 12 lead out of a book. You really want an in-person class for that (or at least it helped me a lot, and I usually do the bulk of my learning online).

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