Volume 10 - Issue 11 - November, 2002
06/19/2008
LVNs in the Cath Lab
Does anyone have any information on staffing a cath lab with LVNs? I currently have a LVN working as a scrub and in the holding area. Can’t the LVN monitor cases? Any policies or protocols out...
LVNs in the Cath Lab
Does anyone have any information on staffing a cath lab with LVNs? I currently have a LVN working as a scrub and in the holding area. Can’t the LVN monitor cases? Any policies or protocols out...
LVNs in the Cath Lab
Does...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
The annual turnover rate resulting from cath lab professionals leaving for industry presents a serious staffing concern. Why is this happening? Here are reasons some people may consider working for industry:
1) I feel underappreciated,...
The annual turnover rate resulting from cath lab professionals leaving for industry presents a serious staffing concern. Why is this happening? Here are reasons some people may consider working for industry:
1) I feel underappreciated,...
The annual turnover rate...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Prior to the cineless systems, QA was done on processing equipment and on imaging equipment. The primary reasons were to detect any changes in the cineradiographic equipment for radiation safety guidelines. I spoke with our medical physicist,...
Prior to the cineless systems, QA was done on processing equipment and on imaging equipment. The primary reasons were to detect any changes in the cineradiographic equipment for radiation safety guidelines. I spoke with our medical physicist,...
Prior to the cineless systems,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
LVNs in the Cath Lab
Does anyone have any information on staffing a cath lab with LVNs? I currently have a LVN working as a scrub and in the holding area. Can’t the LVN monitor cases? Any policies or protocols out...
LVNs in the Cath Lab
Does anyone have any information on staffing a cath lab with LVNs? I currently have a LVN working as a scrub and in the holding area. Can’t the LVN monitor cases? Any policies or protocols out...
LVNs in the Cath Lab
Does...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
We have two suites with a team of approximately 10 people six RNs and four technologists, plus an additional per diem staff that we call in when needed. Presently, we are recruiting an RT or an RCIS to join our team. Fifteen cardiologists...
We have two suites with a team of approximately 10 people six RNs and four technologists, plus an additional per diem staff that we call in when needed. Presently, we are recruiting an RT or an RCIS to join our team. Fifteen cardiologists...
We have two suites with a team...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Cath Lab Management
06/19/2008
Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) comprises fifteen hospitals and is one of the nation’s largest publicly owned hospital systems. Carolinas Medical Center has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for the past...
Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) comprises fifteen hospitals and is one of the nation’s largest publicly owned hospital systems. Carolinas Medical Center has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for the past...
Carolinas HealthCare System...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
06/19/2008
Revascularization methods exploring brachytherapy, debulking, intimal cutting techniques and pharmacological clotting therapies have been used to treat arterial disease, but stenting is the most frequently utilized choice among these various...
Revascularization methods exploring brachytherapy, debulking, intimal cutting techniques and pharmacological clotting therapies have been used to treat arterial disease, but stenting is the most frequently utilized choice among these various...
Revascularization methods...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
