I've been a medsurg nurse for 3 years now. It's been hard because sometimes I have 8 patients, and almost always have 7 patients. I haven't wanted to pursue anything else and just try my best each work day and enjoy my days off. However, my unit is converting to a tele floor so I need this. I have a tele mental block or something though, I can't even identify PACs, which is the first arrhythmia I'm on. They ALL look different...I'll look at one PAC and think I understand why it's a PAC then I'll look at another PAC strip and it doesn't look like that other one! I got the 8 steps down. I have the ECG incredibly easy book. I understand the patho of a PAC and everything, I just can't identify strips. Any tips please? Thank you!
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I've been a medsurg nurse for 3 years now. It's been hard because sometimes I have 8 patients, and almost always have 7 patients. I haven't wanted to pursue anything else and just try my best each work day and enjoy my days off. However, my unit is converting to a tele floor so I need this. I have a tele mental block or something though, I can't even identify PACs, which is the first arrhythmia I'm on. They ALL look different...I'll look at one PAC and think I understand why it's a PAC then I'll look at another PAC strip and it doesn't look like that other one! I got the 8 steps down. I have the ECG incredibly easy book. I understand the patho of a PAC and everything, I just can't identify strips. Any tips please? Thank you!