Specialty Requirements
- Degree
- Associate's Degree in Nursing
- Certifications
Characteristics
- Empathetic
- Compassionate
- Organized
- Flexible
- Able to work within a team
A Day in the Life
- Monday-Friday 8-10 hour shifts
- Patient Population
- Adults in heart failure, have heart disease, congenital heart defects, coronary heart disease, etc.
- Job Responsibilities
- Physical assessment, intake, patient education, stress testing, monitoring cardiac and vascular readings, apply Holter monitors, etc.
- Common Medications
- Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet, Betablockers, Pressors, Statins, Sedatives
- Common Diagnoses
- Heart failure, valvular heart disease, myocaridal infarction, congenital heart defects, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, a fib, coronary artery disease, cardiomegaly, heart blocks, endocarditis, Marfan syndrome, etc.
- Clinical Skills
- EKG monitoring, telemetry, stress testing, monitoring cardiac and vascular readings, apply Holter monitors, etc.
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