Job Title: Telemetry Registered Nurse
Profession: RN (Registered Nurse)
Specialty: Telemetry
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12H Days
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: 2 years of recent experience in telemetry nursing, including catheter lab post-recovery and stroke care preferred
License: Illinois RN License required
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Must-Have: Experience with drip administration; familiarity with Meditech preferred
Description:
Department: Telemetry nursing unit.
This role requires knowledge of common diagnoses, including stroke, congestive heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, and coronary artery disease.
Experience in post-heart catheterization care and arrhythmias is essential.
Nurse-to-patient ratios are 4-5 during the day and 5-6 at night.
Charge nurses carry a patient assignment, and nurse aides are available based on unit acuity.
Experience with BiPAP and high-flow oxygen equipment is valuable.
Shifts are 12 hours, with day and night rotations, including weekends and holidays.
Floating to other departments may be required based on scope.
Scrub color is flexible.
Nurses must be able to sign off on telemetry strips and be familiar with common titratable drips.
Team collaboration is essential for patient care on this acute care unit.