Re: [mpoweryournurses] cardiac monitoring in Med Surg
Hi Tracy,
As a staff nurse on a telemetry unit, I was very disheartened to learn that the nurses I work with did not know 12 Lead interpretation, and there was basically no formal education to teach this skill. It appeared that whatever the baseline 12 lead interpreted, the same rythm would be documented from shift to shift. When a colleague approached me about starting a cardiovascular nursing association to teach cardiovascular nurses I jumped at the opportunity. This was two years ago and we are running strong. We hold monthly educational events such as 12 lead interpretation, retroperitoneal bleed, cardiovascular pharmacology, etc... to name a few. We have also held our first annual Seminar with 9 guest speakers (cardiologist, NP's, cardiovascular surgeons, etc...) and an attendance
of 98. Our membership base is currently 89. We are an affiliate chapter of the American College of Cardiovascualar Nursing -ACCN. (Valley of the Sun affiliate of the ACCN). If you are interested; our National Organization will be holding a seminar in Las Vegas in October, where we will be offering board certification for cardiovascular nursing. www.accn.org Or you can visit our chapter website at vosaccn@.... This opportunity has given cardiovascular nurses throughtout Arizona the opportunity to become empowered through education and provide optimal patient care.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like information on how to start a chapter in your area.
Sincerely
Dawna Cato, BSN
VOS ACCN Secretary
--- On Tue, 7/15/08, Tracy Kaltenbacher <tkaltenbacher@...> wrote:
From: Tracy Kaltenbacher <tkaltenbacher@...> Subject: [mpoweryournurses] cardiac monitoring in Med Surg To: mpoweryournurses@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 12:28 PM
We are exploring remote monitoring medical patients in our Medical Surgical units. These nurses have no cardiac or even basic ecg experience/educatio n. I'm trying to find out how other hospitals perform remote monitoring and how to educate/support my nurses when basic ecg is not a requirement of their position. What happens in your hospital? What protocols or resources do you have in place, and more importantly what works well? Thank you!
Tracy Kaltenbacher Clinical Nurse Educator Medical Surgical Module Renown Regional Medical Center Reno, NV tkaltenbacher@ renown.org
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Patty Bartzak RN
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