Brittany Cumming

• I work closely with the charge nurse to help run the unit.
• put charts together
• assign telemetry boxes
• admit people into the philips monitor system so that vitals will download when the patient is post procedure
• answer phones and questions
• admit/discharge/transfer patients in the computer pre and post procedure
• watch telemetry monitors and notify nurses of any changes in rhythm
• lots of multi tasking is involved

This was my first position at the hospital in the Cardiac Surgery Unit. I stayed in the unit until 2017 when I made the transition down to Cath Prep and Recovery where I currently work.

As a monitor tech I watched patients who were on the heart monitor and watched for any arrhythmias or changes and notified the nurse.

I also answered phones and helped family members.

We still had paper charts at this point so I helped with order entry as well.