Staff Nurse

Requisition Id: 3219

A cath lab nurse's primary duties can be many and varied. It often entails caring for patients in a cardiac care unit, intensive care unit or a cardiac catheterization lab until they are transferred to other unit.
In some cases, the cath lab nurse keeps patient records, updates charts or conducts assessments of their needs and prepares patients for medical procedures.
In the cath lab itself, the cath nurse will scrub in on some procedures, working alongside the doctors and technicians or run treatment equipment.
Of course, a cath lab nurse also will conduct typical nursing duties such as monitoring vital signs or administering medication as instructed by a doctor.
In times of crisis, the cath lab nurse will participate in life-saving actions such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation.
Depending on the size of the medical facility, the cath lab nurse will be involved in as many as a dozen procedures in an eight-hour shift.
In addition to the cath lab specific responsibilities and normal nursing duties, a cath lab nurse will counsel patients, take part in cardiac research projects and teach other health care personnel about the cath lab and its operations.

Attending in-service class regularly.