Be responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment. They will work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings
Perform systematic patient assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
Understand and analyze the assessment information and data
Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues
Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care
Create and evaluate patient care plans with the medical team
Record vital signs, recognize and address abnormalities
Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients, and families.
Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice
Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams
Perform essential life support (BLS
Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment
Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions
Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions
Provide wound care management
Ensure that all equipment used in the clinical areas is safe to use and all in working order. Reports any defaults to the Nurse In Charge and Biomedical Department appropriately
Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed
Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission and discharge
Administer patient medications
Assist in diagnostic procedures
Assist in interventional procedures
Be prepared for emergency situations
Circulate and scrub during cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology procedures
Discharge teaching with patients and families including procedural, medications, activities, and dietary
Educate patients and their families before discharge regarding medication, lifestyle, and care of the surgical site
Ensure consent paperwork is accurately completed
Examination of the patient pre- and post-catheterization
Manage administrative aspects of cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology patients
Monitor and document patient vital signs
Monitor for signs and symptoms of infections or side effects of the procedure
Monitor patient sedation levels during and after the procedure
Prepare patients for procedures
Update patient charting and document on the procedure
