Cardiology Nurse Practitioner PRN

Job description

Interventional Cardiology Opportunity- Danbury Hospital Summary: Provides assistance to the cardiologists/vascular surgeons with diagnostic cardiac and endovascular procedures. Provides the highest level of pre and post procedure care under the direction of the supervising physician. Responsibilities: 1. Provides pre-procedure patient management by reviewing the patient's medical record, obtaining a complete medical history, performing a physical examination, and documenting all findings. Writes pre-procedure orders. 2. Provides pre-procedure education, explains the risks, benefits, and alternatives to procedure, obtains consent, and completes paperwork. 3. Makes daily rounds independently or with the cardiologists/interventionalists on patients with known or suspected cardiac disease and writes daily progress notes. 4. Evaluates changes in patient status, initiates and orders appropriate medications, lab tests, radiographic, and cardiac imaging studies. 5. Consults with supervising physicians to insure patient and physician satisfaction. 6. Administers IV medications. Inserts and removes vascular sheaths, inserts/removes central venous and arterial lines by means of a surgical cut...