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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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