RN Cath Lab

The RN (Cath Lab or Cardiac Cath Lab) specializes in working with patients undergoing cardiac procedures in a catheterization lab. During cardiac catheterizations, these specially trained nurses assist the medical team by monitoring the patient’s vitals, assisting with procedural sedatives, assisting doctors, technicians, nurses and the patients.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Administers patient medications
+ Assists in diagnostic procedures and interventional procedures
+ Circulates and scrub during cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology procedures
+ Responsible for discharge teaching with patients and families including procedural, medications, activities, care of the surgical site and lifestyle/dietary changes
+ Ensures consent paperwork is accurately completed
+ Performs examination of the patient pre and post-catheterization
+ Manages administrative aspects of cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology patients
+ Mon...