Whats Tele?

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I'm studying for my BSN in ireland.....never heard of tele before. Oh and is EKG the same as what we call ECG? electrocardiogram? Sorry, I know these may sound like stupid questions!!

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I'm studying for my BSN in ireland.....never heard of tele before. Oh and is EKG the same as what we call ECG? electrocardiogram? Sorry, I know these may sound like stupid questions!!

Tele can stand for telephone or telemetry.

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n. The science and technology of automatic measurement and transmission of data by wire, radio, or other means from remote sources, as from space vehicles, to receiving stations for recording and analysis.

EKG and ECG are the same. Kind of like tomatoe, tomato.....potato,potatoe.....envelope,envelop

I hope that helped....:o

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EKG is the German spelling (kardiogram). The physician who invented it was German, and it just kind of stuck.

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Tele= telemetry, when you hook up a cardiac monitor to a patient and can monitor their cardiac activity from the nurse's station.

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I'm studying for my BSN in ireland.....never heard of tele before. Oh and is EKG the same as what we call ECG? electrocardiogram? Sorry, I know these may sound like stupid questions!!

telemetry occrs in the UK were pt are attached to monitors, in Heart CarE/Cornary Care, HDU and ICU, RECOVERY AND A&E

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And EKG is the same as an ECG! I always tend to refer to it as an EKG

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That's great thanks :) you learn something new everyday!!!

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Tele is Telephone. I thought they had Tele's in Ireland or is it England? kidding lol. It's what everyone else said i was just trying to be funny.. Anthony

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Tele is Telephone. I thought they had Tele's in Ireland or is it England?

Sheeeesh....some people just want to cause trouble.......

A Tele is a dual pick-up electric guitar made by Fender. Favoured by Country musicians, but it does have a wider appeal. Here's a master of the Telecaster......

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Sheeeesh....some people just want to cause trouble.......

A Tele is a dual pick-up electric guitar made by Fender. Favoured by Country musicians, but it does have a wider appeal. Here's a master of the Telecaster......

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
telemetry occrs in the UK were pt are attached to monitors, in Heart CarE/Cornary Care, HDU and ICU, RECOVERY AND A&E

And labor&delivery

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Specializes in psych/addictions/liaison.

It's also tele-medicine. Used in "remote and rural" areas where access to specialist expertise is difficult. Like video-conferencing.

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