[Kiwi]

Hi!

I am an experienced critical care RN. I have an interview in a couple days for Endoscopy. I'm interested in the position because I have seen many completed at the bedside in the critical care setting. I have been trained in conscious sedation nursing.

What are the responsibilities of an endo RN / what are the most common cases of patients? What are the attributes that are important for an endo RN? If there are any other kinds of questions on my behalf that will be brought up on my behalf, please tell me.

Thanks,
Kelly

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Originally Posted by Kiwi

Hi!

I am an experienced critical care RN. I have an interview in a couple days for Endoscopy. I'm interested in the position because I have seen many completed at the bedside in the critical care setting. I have been trained in conscious sedation nursing.

What are the responsibilities of an endo RN / what are the most common cases of patients? What are the attributes that are important for an endo RN? If there are any other kinds of questions on my behalf that will be brought up on my behalf, please tell me.

Thanks,
Kelly

It really depends on the institution. If you are in a community hospital you are looking at EGD's, Colonoscopy and ERCP (maybe EUS). If you are in a tertiary center it gets a lot more complicated. In our center we have two RN's. One handles the sedation and the other helps with the procedure. You have to know how to set up and trouble shoot the equipment. Ideally you won't have to do this the first day. Mostly in our center they want to know if you can assess and sedate as well as recover. The technical stuff they will teach you.

Also a lot of community hospitals do pain (injections), TEE and bronch in the endoscopy center. Not too much different.

David Carpenter, PA-C

[GIRN]

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