Tips for Surving Cardiac Telemtry

Wish I had red this before I started my job. Great advice.

So true. I worked a tele floor right out of school, and loved it. The variety, the never ending admits/discharges, the calm in the chaos. You have to find your moment, they do exist. Well said, and should be a must read for any nurse considering telemetry.

Good article, been there done that.

Sounds like a Med-Surg survival guide too.

Great advice! I have worked in the ICU for a year now, and I have been offered a job on a cardiac tele floor. Im going from a ratio of 1:2/3 to 1:5. Fortunately its a night time position so I hope the transition goes well...Thanks!Aloha to allnbch:

Great advice

Thank you- I was so stressed and concerned- so glad to read this - phew!!!

Thank you soooooo much! I am so fresh out of school that I squeak when I walk down the hall. I started on the cardiac tele floor last week as a GN, but could only function as a tech until I passed NCLEX this morning. I'm looking at my first day as an RN in a few days with 6 pts and a fantastic preceptor. I really appreciate your time in preparing this post. Mi pockets son su pockets (thanks for the list of armaments) . Fortunately, ACLS is before my first RN shift. I chose the cardiac tele floor because it's the area I know the least about, and in the chaos last week, I have to admit that I was wondering if I should have taken a more "cushy" position. Thanks for putting wind in my sails! I'm looking forward to climbing that steep learning curve now. Most importantly, I will make time to breathe since I read your post. I appreciate the inspiration, and I will do the same next year for the incoming GNs. Sometimes we touch lives in ways we don't realize. Thanks for touching mine

well said....Its soooooooo true.I worked on cardiac tele. for a year as a new RN and left there after being burned out.I can feel you in the article.