Travel Nurse RN - Cardiac Catheterization Lab in Goleta, CA

Work Settings

Hybrid OR* Pre Post Procedure* Diagnostic Cardiac Cath lab Interventional Cardiac Cath lab Interventional Radiology Special Procedures

Cardiac Cath Lab Procedures

Scrub Procedures* Cardiac Stent Placement Diagnostic Catheterizations Adult IABP Placement/Removal Impella insertion Interventional Catheterizations Left heart catheterization Pacemaker/Defibrillator lead extraction/removal Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI) Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring Right heart catheterization Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Watchman procedure

Gastrointestinal Studies/Procedures

Paracentesis* Percutanteous Hepatic Angiography* Scrub Procedures* Angioplasty Chemoembolization ERCP Gastrostomy Tube Placement Liver Biopsy TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt)

Neurological Studies/Procedures

Cerebral Angiography* Carotid Angiography* Discogram* Neurologic Thrombolysis* Vertebroplasty* Angioplasty* Embolization* Scrub Procedures* Spinal arteriography* Stent placement*

Vascular Studies/Procedures

Angioplasty* Carotid Stenting* Central Venous Access/Port Placement* Dialysis Graft Creation/Revision* Dialysis Graft Interventional* Endovascular Interventions* Stent Graft Placement* SVC/IVC Venograph* Thoracic Aortography* Upper and Lower Extremity Angiography* Scrub Procedures* Central Venous Access - Non-tunneled/PICC placement*

IV therapy

Assist with Central Line Insertion/management* Blood Product Administration Starting and maintaining IVs Implanted Ports - Care and Maintenance IV infusion pumps PICC Lines - Care and Maintenance

Professional Knowledge and Skills

External Compression Devices (C-Clamp, Sandbags)* Topical Hemostasis (D-Stat, Chito-Seal, Syvek Patch)* Activated Clotting Time (ACT)* Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale* End-Tidal CO2 monitoring Infection Prevention Interpretation/Management of Dysrhythmias Isolation Precautions/PPE Malignant Hyperthermia Protocol Monitoring Procedural Sedation Pressure Ulcer Assessment/Prevention Sheath Removal/Monitoring Vascular Closure Systems (Perclose, StarClose) Ventilator Management Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG Cardioversion Hypothermia protocol Circulate Procedures

Genitourinary Studies/Procedures

Scrub Procedures* Cystoscopy Embolization Nephrostomy Renal Angiography Renal Artery Stent Placement Uterine Arterial Embolization

Pulmonary Studies/Procedures

Scrub Procedures* Chest Tube Placement Lung Biopsy Pulmonary Angiography Thoracentesis

Medications

Antiarrhythmics Antihypertensives Emergency Medications IV vasopressors Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring Reversal agents Thrombolytics

Additional Skills

ICP* Triage