Cath Lab RN
About The Position
Dallas Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, is a 155-bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 emergency care, cardiology, wound care, surgical services, cardiac catheterization, and outpatient therapy. The hospital is the only trauma center in the vicinity and is a Certified Chest Pain Center. The Cath Lab RN provides direct care to adult and geriatric patients in the cardiovascular laboratory. The role addresses psychosocial, physical, and general aspects of care related to the surgical environment; monitors patients and physiologic and hemodynamic data during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; and helps ensure procedure rooms, equipment, supplies, and inventory are ready. The nurse communicates with physicians about patient condition and participates in performance and continuous quality improvement activities.
Requirements
- Active state Registered Nursing (RN) license.
- Current BCLS (AHA) certification; ACLS certificate upon hire and maintained as current.
- One year of clinical experience in a Cardiovascular Lab doing cardiac work or in a Critical Care area.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care to adult and geriatric patient populations.
- Address psychosocial, physical, and general aspects of care related to the surgical environment.
- Communicate with physicians continuously and as needed about patient condition.
- Assist with equipment and inventory maintenance.
- Assess procedure room or equipment functioning and readiness.
- Obtain supplies for individual cases and ensure the Cardiovascular Laboratory team's needs are met.
- Monitor physiologic and hemodynamic data related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed in the cardiovascular lab.
- Continuously monitor and record patients’ conditions while they are in the cardiovascular lab.
- Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities.
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