Telemetry Test Requirement

Telemetry Test Requirement

Required for nurses in the following areas:

Adults

All Critical Care and all Resource Teams, Emergency Department and Clinical Decision Units, Hemodialysis, PACU, Cath/EP Lab, Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy, PeriProcedural Unit, 6 CVT, 8 South, 10 CVT, 12 South, 13 Long, 14 Moffit, 15 Moffit and MZ 5 North/4 East 

Pediatrics

All Critical Care and Critical Care Resource Team, Emergency Department, Cath/EP Lab, Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy, Cardiac Transitional Care Unit, Transitional Care Unit Pediatrics (TCUP), Transport, PACU

Content
  • Lethal rhythms
  • Atrial rhythms
  • Normal conduction times
  • Lead placement
  • Identification and description of parts of a normal ECG (e.g., p wave is atrial depolarization)
  • Escalations related to specific rhythms