Telemetry nurse vs student nurse

Differences between telemetry nurse and student nurse duties and responsibilities

Telemetry nurse example responsibilities.

• Care for patients with a variety of cardiac issues and manage disease through drip management and interpretation of EKG's.
• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Apply the nursing process in a teaching hospital to patients in an ICU setting.
• Discharge patients; disconnect IVs/telemetry devices and provide patient teaching on wind care, medication regimens, rehabilitation and other topics.
• Well verse in identifying basic ECG rhythms and arrhythmia's.
• Perform patient assessment, tele monitoring, cardiac arrhythmia treatment.
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Student nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Experience in plastics, general, podiatry, ortho, gyn, GI and pain services
• Administer intravenous infusions, PO, IM, IVP, SubQ prescriptions and monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
• Provide competent nursing care within scope of practice on the Med-Surg, and ICU floor as a student nurse.
• Experience inserting IVs, total patient care, charting, and logging with SRHS computer system on multiple MED-SURG units.
• Provide general patient care ADL's, administering dressing changes, providing nurses notes, and other aide duties for patient.
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