RN Interventional Radiology

Lutheran Hospital of Indiana

• Procedural Nursing

• Under the immediate direction of the Nurse Manager, Interventional Radiology, assists physician and medical team in preparing patients and performing interventional radiology procedures through monitoring duties.
• Monitoring duties include providing physician ordered moderate sedation and analgesia, assessment and management of patient's condition and vital signs during procedure, and taking appropriate measures to keep patient hemodynamically stable.
• Nurse needs to be familiar with caring for acutely ill intensive care patients and titrating intravenous medications.
• Interventional Radiology nurse develops expertise in the care of a specific patient population/nursing diagnosis.
• Interventional Radiology procedures include (but aren't limited to) the following: embolization of acute bleeds, cerebral/carotid angiogram and intervention, acute stroke intervention (ischemic and hemorrhagic), chemo embolization, tumor embolization, fistulagram with intervention, placement of dialysis catheters, vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty, peripheral angiogram with intervention, arterial andvenous lysis treatment, inferior vena cava filter placement/retrieval, infusaport placement/removal, and tunneled catheter placement for long term infusions.
• Once the nurse acquires and feels comfortable with monitoring procedures, the opportunity for scrubbing cases with the physicians will be evaluated. Needs to acquire PALS certification within the first year.

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse
• CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) within 3 months of hire
• ACLS Certification
• Needs to acquire PALS certification within the first year.