After a procedure has taken place, it is the job of the nurse to ensure that the patient makes a successful recovery. A close eye is kept on patients for indications of side effects such as excessive bleeding, vomiting, or infection. If there are any post-procedure problems action must be...
During procedures in the laboratory, a cardiac cath lab nurse will assist the doctor in any way needed. In many cases, patients will be awake for the procedures. For this reason, a great deal of the nurse's job may be to calm patients and assure them that everything is going okay. Th...
Complex Issues In The Cardiac Cath Lab To Be Addressed At Nurse/Tech Symposium, TCT 2010Judy Romero
“I’m sure they expect they can go back to cath lab when the time comes, but the current demand is ICU.” Armando, a nurse who also requested anonymity and who has given up full-time work for a traveling job, told TCTMD the decision “was fairly simple.” “I didn’t have ...
SHA 088. Expanding the role of the cardiac cath lab nursedoi:10.1016/j.jsha.2011.02.089AdelWasfiHarbSDOSJournal of the Saudi Heart Association
ACCELERATED TRANSFER TO THE CARDIOLOGY WARD AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION IN THE CARDIAC CATH LAB: NURSE-LED INITIATIVE TO MATCH CARE TO CONTEMPORARY PRACTICEdoi:10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.446Bancroft, C.Udy, B.Milligan, R.Andrews, H....