Nursing care in interventional radiology

Interventional radiology ( IR ) is rapidly growing field. This service is becoming a challenging and complex care due to variety in case mix, diseases acuity, broad spectrum of procedures. The nursing role is crucial and fundamental to assist the interventional, ensure patient safety, pre and post-procedure monitoring and stability of patient. In this presentation, I will review IR from nursing perspective, the different roles of nurses, the nursing core competencies’ to practice IR, and the current nursing best practices in the field.

Author(s): Alaa Alansari

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