Travel Nurse RN - Cardiac Catheterization Lab in Santa Barbara, CA

Registered Nurse (RN) | Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Agency: job.com
Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)
Shift Information: Days
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

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

Requirements

ACLS, BLS, NIHSS*