Kristej

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1. willing to relocate

   Kristej replied to arcoiris's topic in General Nursing

   South Texas

2. willing to relocate

   Kristej replied to arcoiris's topic in General Nursing

   and what area would that be? We are hiring at our hospital.

3. Cardiac Stress Testing

   Kristej replied to ICN2U's topic in Radiology

   I been starting with a baseline EKG, then starting my exercise testing and when all injections are in, I'm switching to Recovery phase and monitoring for 4 minutes. Don't know if this is too much or what. I think I'm going to redo my sheet with any...

4. Pre - hydration

   Kristej replied to mawlvn's topic in Radiology

   Having the same problem and it is really screwing up our schedule. A common CTA is now being hydrated and taking up space and time we just don't have. I have an issue with techs starting the IV fluids, putting the patient in the hallway with a wide...

5. Cardiac Stress Testing

   Kristej replied to ICN2U's topic in Radiology

   I'm just starting to use Lexiscan, but I'm having a hard time with my documentation process. I have an exercise data sheet with the 1 min increments, but Lexiscan is so fast, I feel so out of time with everything. Anyone else experience this when t...

6. rad-angio nursing 1970-2006

   Kristej replied to sharshar's topic in Radiology

   I've done cath lab since 1999. I don't know all the answers, but am willing to try to help you. Just let me know what you need and if I don't know the answer, I'll find more info for you. I've worked with some great cath lab nurses that are more t...

7. Calling All Nurse Managers/Clinical Directors

   Kristej replied to RNPATL's topic in Management

   Awesome, love the ability to share thoughts and ideas with other managers, thanks for the opportuntity. I am new to nurse management, I have been an RN for 11 years from floor nurse to speciality area, charge nurse and now nurse manager. This is a b...

8. nurses undertaking angiograms

   Kristej replied to ann h's topic in Radiology

   Ann, I must be totally lost as to what you are looking for.... I have worked cath lab and we do heart caths and I work radiology where we do the 64 slice CT Angiography of the heart, but have never heard of doing a heart angio under xray. You have t...

9. nurses undertaking angiograms

   Kristej replied to ann h's topic in Radiology

   Hi! Are you talking about the CT angiography of the heart exams? We are doing those in our hospital. Ican share some info on that with you if that is what you are looking for. We are new to it and still need some policies if anyone has any to s...

10. Cath Lab Case Scheduling

    Kristej posted a topic in Cardiac

    I am looking for some advice on scheduling. I work in a cath lab with 2 labs and an EP lab. We normally do an average of 15 caths per day. We have been having problems with working 14+ hours per day (we only have one shift). We have a problem wit...