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Hi. I am in Australia. I work 2 days Cath lab and 2 days Anaesthetics in OR. Have only been doing OR for 12ish months. I stick to my role in OR. Whereas in Cath lab my role could change in the next 5mins. Scrub/scout/anaesthetics do a bit of everything. As an RN we will give IV sedation of midazolam/fentanyl under direction of cardiologist. Acuity is increasing. Lots of GAs in cathlab. 2 cardiac labs. 1 vascular lab and 1 pacing Ep lab. Tavi, af ablation, evar. In next month we are opening a hybrid biplane lab so we are starting neuro and moving structural heart in there. So plenty going on in the lab. Loads to learn. Get in and have a look!

Ccrns could do the ecmo course, no more money unfortunately, 1 nurse to care for ecmo, but plenty of support within unit to help out

I am in australia. I did my cthr ICU at the Alfred in melbourne. Adult ecmo was looked after by the nurse in ICU and overseen by the perfusionists. Things got a bit political and ICU took it off the perfusionists. But the Alfred ICU ran a well regarded course attended by drs and nurses http://www.alfredicu.org.au Then ,special interest groups, ecmo

There is also salary packaging for nurses , which is available in public hospitals and some private hospitals, it is a great tax saving

That is possibly $67 or $70 per night shift. Hourly rate is approx $25-35/hr before shift allowances. There is also salary packaging available in some hospitals which saves you tax paid

Personally, the best result comes from digital pressure. A vascular surgeon said to me press for 2mins per French size ie. 10min for 5french. I just don't like femstop. Have seen a few bad results. People seem to think it is set and forget. But if the patient moves,haematoma can form if femstop is not adjusted. We use the TR band for radial access. Dr preference but usually 10-15mls for 2 hrs, then start reducing by 2mls 5-10 minutely If femoral left in post PCI then it is removed when ACT less than 150sec. Have seen it removed by the cardiology registrar or Cath lab nurses in different establishments. Watch out for vasovagal, have atropine, metaraminol, IV fluids on standby and a second nurse in vicinity PULLING IS A SHEATH IS NOT TO BE RUSHED, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCEDURE. BEST RESULTS ARE BY THOSE WHO PERFORM THE PROCEDURE OFTEN

I would expect agency work to get very quiet in the new year. It was very quiet the beginning of 2012. Try Belmore for some longer term placements.

Hi. Am new to this forum/app. I am an agency nurse in Melbourne. Maybe I can help. I work in ICU and cath lab.