Job Description & Requirements
Telemetry Nurse
Common Diagnosis/Treatment: syncope, falls, arrhythmias, RO MIs, COPD, surgical procedures, asthma, pain, seizure, weakness, AMS, fever, lung mass, pericardial effusion, abnormal electrolytes
# of Beds: 31 beds/ 17 bed rooms
Nurse Patient Ratio: 1:5-1:6 with a CNA and 1:4 without a CNA
Charting: Meditech
Scrub Color: Navy blue
Areas of Float Support:
Special Procedures: rarely do bedside procedures on this floor: thoracentesis