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Telemetry Nursing

 

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Nurses in this field provide care by comfortably connecting patients to machines that measure heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate, as well as blood-oxygen level and electrocardiogram information. The machines then send the data to computer screens for these nurses to monitor. Telemetry Nurses must then read and interpret this information to help better determine patient care.

Christine L.

Mountain View, CA
Telemetry Nurse

The career path of a nurse is so diverse! I actually fell into nursing because I wanted to combine my interest ...

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Descriptions:

What is Telemetry Nursing?

What is Wireless Telemetry?

Articles:

Telemetry Nursing — Getting to the Heart of the Matter

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"Wireless" Technology Makes Its Debut

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Resources:

FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health information on wireless medical telemetry

AACN’s Progressive Care Fact Sheet

 

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