Registered Nurse - Cardiac Catheterization Nurse Resume Example

Monitored patients pre-op, intra-op, and post-op for Interventional Radiology Procedures. Reviewed pre-op, intra-op, and post-op orders and oriented patients to unit. Provided teaching for what to expect pre-op, intra-op, and post-op according to what procedure the patient may be having. Procedures included: arteriograms, cardiac, peripheral, and cerebral, with interventions such as possible angioplasty, possible stent, possible coiling, possible embolization, possible thrombolytic therapy. Additional vascular procedures includes venography, endovascular grafts, right and left heart pressures, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion, inferior vena cava filters, hemodialysis vascular access declotting and possible angioplasty or stent placements, tunnel dialysis catheter or port placements and venous sampling.

Nonvascular procedures includes bililary drains, nephrostomy tube placement, abscess drain placements, gastrostomy tube placement, feeding tube insertions, fallopian tube recanalization, vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty, lumbar puncture chemo therapy, radiation oncology.

Cat scan procedures includes any organ biopsy. An example would include lung, liver, kidney, peritoneal, and bone to name a few. Also pericardialcentesis, and chest tube insertions.

Ultrasound procedures includes thyroid and lymph biopsy, along the paracentesis or thoracentesis.

MRI procedures include breast biopsy, or providing anesthesia or po sedation if needed.

Additional nursing responsibilities would include contrast reaction management, monitoring renal function pre-op, moderate/conscious sedation, IV access and critical drip monitoring.

Any additional responsibility can be discussed with an interview.