Lori Ann

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1. IR Scheduling

   Lori Ann posted a topic in Radiology

   To my fellow IR nurses! I work in a 315 bed hospital with 2 well trained IR doctors. (Only 1 IR doctor scheduled per day.) Our procedures performed at present are paras, thoras, biopsies, abscess...

2. Premedicating patients with contrast allergies?????

   Lori Ann posted a topic in Radiology

   When patients have contrast allergies, our Radiologists prefer oral preps. It is a 13 hour prep. We have standing orders for inpatients. How do other hospitals prep their outpatients? At present, our...

3. code blue in ir

   Lori Ann replied to elastigirlrn's topic in Radiology

   We call the hospital code team. I worked ER before Radiology. I handle the code until the code team gets there. Then I just do what's needed. That's our hospital

4. Rad Tech degree useful as RN in Radiology?

   Lori Ann replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in Radiology

   Thanks for the interest! From what I've learned, every radiology nurse has a different "typical day"! First of all, we have an unpredictable schedule. When I left for today, there was 3 patients on...

5. Radiation Protection

   Lori Ann replied to BS RT's topic in Radiology

   Good topic!!!!!!! Our department does all angio except heart. We also do nephro tubes, AV shunts and stents. Recently, we got a new CT scanner that can fluoro. Since there are only 2 of us, my...

6. Rad Tech degree useful as RN in Radiology?

   Lori Ann replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in Radiology

   I was a RT for 7 years. The last 2, I went back to school for my RN. Now, I'm a rad RN. The radiology background has been very helpful, even when I started in the ER. However, you don't need...