Will “Telemetry Nurse” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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Job Description

Provide advanced nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1141.03

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Critical Care Nurses”.

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Tasks for “Telemetry Nurse”

Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients, based on assessment data or identified needs.
Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff.
Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills.
Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.
Participate in the development, review, or evaluation of nursing practice protocols.
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patients' clinical status.
Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.
Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs, including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems.
Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion.
Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines.
Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, or community members.
Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements.
Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.
Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
Collect specimens for laboratory tests.
Provide post-mortem care.
Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data.
Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.
Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.
Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
Coordinate patient care conferences.

Related Technology & Tools

Flexible laryngoscopes
Automated external defibrillators AED
Digital medical thermometers
Tracheotomy sets
Pulse oximeters
Ostomy equipment
Oral suctioning equipment
Specialty patient care beds
Multiple line infusion pumps
Oxygen delivery masks
Specimen collection containers
Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
Desktop computers
Chest drains
Arterial blood gas testing equipment
Nasal suctioning equipment
Blood pressure monitors
Protective medical face masks
Bedpans
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Clinical trapeze traction bars
Transfer boards
Automated medicine dispensing equipment
Suture removal kits
Surgical irrigation sets
Blood warming equipment
Medical gurneys
Straight surgical scissors
Epidural catheters
Transport cardiac monitors
Intubation sets
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Halo traction equipment
Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
End tidal carbon dioxide monitors or supplies
Incision drainage equipment
Lancets
Geriatric chairs
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Sequential compression devices
Intracranial pressure monitors
Handheld calculators
Medical scales
Sphygmomanometers
Hypodermic syringes
Oxygen concentrators
Medical examination protective gloves
Tourniquets
Foot cradles
Hemodynamic monitors
Therapeutic whirlpool baths
Bed scales
Crash carts
Enteral feeding sets
Tablet computers
Ventricular assist devices VAD
Kidney dialysis equipment
Doppler ultrasound equipment
Angiocaths
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Oxygen flowmeters
Orthopedic splinting equipment
Tracheal suctioning equipment
Intravenous infusion pumps
Thoracentesis trays
Pericardiocentesis kits
Telemetry monitors
Electronic compressor nebulizers
Cardiac monitors
Enema equipment
Fetal monitors
Surgical razors
Urinary catheters
Mechanical stethoscopes
Transcutaneous pacemakers
Echocardiogram equipment
Laptop computers
Mechanical intermittent positive pressure ventilators
Apnea monitors
Handheld nebulizers
Arterial line catheters
Safety goggles
Crutches
Bulb syringes
Protective gowns
Pill crushers
Occlusion clamps
Patient restraints
Incentive spirometers
Autotransfusion systems
Venous Oxygen Saturation SVO2 monitors
Endotracheal ET tubes
Pill splitters
Nasogastric tubes
Medical nasal cannulae
Traction weights
Pulmonary artery catheters
Personal digital assistants PDA
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Cooling blankets
Surgical staple removers
Otoscopes
Wheelchairs
Ultrasound transducers
Patient walkers
Surgical scalpels
Multiple lumen central line catheters
Crutchfield tongs
Pneumatic boots
Blood drawing syringes
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
Urinalysis test strips
Transvenous pacemakers
Hoyer lifts
Electrocardiography EKG machines
Straight hemostats
Intravenous IV administration sets
Blood glucometers
Ice collars
Protective face shields
Manual resuscitation bags

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