My Nursing Responsibilities in the Cardiac Cathlab

Hello! I am a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Nurse. Please allow me to share my experience and nursing approach in handling my patients in this special department in the hospital where minimally invasive cardiac procedures are performed such as angiogram, angioplasty, ablation, pacemaker insertion and many more.
If you are a cath lab nurse or someone interested to work in this field, don't hesitate to share your thoughts in the comment section. What's the best nursing practice you do in the lab? I have so many questions and excited to hear professional thoughts about nursing.
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  • @smilingkeni
    @smilingkeni4 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Your video is very thorough!😊

  • @waqaswilliam116
    @waqaswilliam116 Жыл бұрын

    Hi my name is Waqas William I am working in Cath lab since 2013 to till date as staff nurse and I also work as panel operater and scrub with doctors

  • @nursemary4992
    @nursemary4992 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this informative video sir. I'm a new Cath lab Nurse here in the Philippines from Oncology unit. And I'm loving my new unit now🥰🙏 I love Cardiology so maybe that's why I'm excited with my new unit now😊🙏 but definitely because it's more fun in the Cardiac Catheterization. The team are supportive and we're family.❤️🙏

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello Nurse Mary, I’m glad you are having a blast at your new Job. Thank you for watching the video. Hopefully I can post another soon. God bless!

  • @drewg3087
    @drewg30876 ай бұрын

    I have a shadow shift here in a few days in catch lab for a position… been in bedside for five years working as a nurse for year and a half. I’m hoping that I can get this opportunity to advance. Advancing my nursing career really interests me. I work on cardiac step on you now.

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    6 ай бұрын

    Hi 👋 welcome to the team! Will meet you soon.

  • @drewg3087

    @drewg3087

    6 ай бұрын

    @@np.rellora l haven’t got the job yet but am hoping I do and can fit in with the team. Nervous but excited to learn new skills and advance my career. Thanks for encouragement!

  • @KaleeandChei
    @KaleeandChei3 ай бұрын

    I am working in Cathlab as RN in US, not working in EP/IR. Working in University Level 1 Trauma Hospital. This is very informative. Do you also do complex cases like impella, ekos, IABP, shockwave, ecmo, rotapro, penumbra, inari, rotapro?We got 4 man team here and normally nurses scrub and monitor. Keep making videos like this! Keep it up sir!

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    3 ай бұрын

    Hello! yes we do Iabp, shockwave, ecmo, rotapro/ orbital atherectomy.hopefully I’ll find time to make more videos. Comments like this motivate me. Thank you. 🙏

  • @rakhwinderkaur4267
    @rakhwinderkaur4267 Жыл бұрын

    Informative

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    @rakhwinderkaur4267 hi, thanks!!

  • @rakhwinderkaur4267

    @rakhwinderkaur4267

    Жыл бұрын

    Hlo

  • @farawayblue9316
    @farawayblue93162 жыл бұрын

    Go go go Niks, nice one! Pilitin mo ako mgtransfer.. char! Hahaha

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oo sabi ko nga May CICU doon 😂😂😂

  • @NurseHowie
    @NurseHowie11 ай бұрын

    This is insightful, thank you. How do you like working for NHS now (is the pay still lackluster?) Have you always worked in the UK? Also, nice decorations in your house!

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I like working for the NHS but the pay is still better in the US. My wife decorated our house, thanks.

  • @goldogunmola770
    @goldogunmola7708 ай бұрын

    Do respiratory therapist work in the cath lab too

  • @hakualex
    @hakualex7 ай бұрын

    How can i ask shadow?

  • @His_ChristieRose
    @His_ChristieRose Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all this information. You were thorough. Awesome! Do you think this would be a typical day in an outpatient setting as well?

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Yes the preparation for the procedure and nursing care are just the same. Elective patients are normally pre-assessed. Patient who had angiograms/ angioplasty, if without complications, can go home within the same day after recovery.

  • @His_ChristieRose

    @His_ChristieRose

    Жыл бұрын

    @@np.rellora thank you for your timely response.

  • @Ashmisf
    @Ashmisf8 ай бұрын

    Hi iam cardiac physiologist n also cathlab technician how to apply for ......,...

  • @waqaswilliam116
    @waqaswilliam116 Жыл бұрын

    If any vacancy in UK plz tell me

  • @janis218
    @janis2182 ай бұрын

    Mas easy po ba yung Cath Lab kesa sa NICU?

  • @jwinnlian9430
    @jwinnlian9430 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the informative video. Do you guys perform cath procedure to clients who are on vents and did anything change as in standard procedures or more patients post covid outbreak? Thank you for your time.

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello JWinn Lian, (1) Yes, we perform CCL procedures to intubated patients usually with anaesthetic support. There are selected procedures wherein we put patients under general anaesthesia like Cryoablation, complicated PPM and the likes. (2) The only thing we had to change (covid related) during and after pandemic is to routinely check patient's vaccination records and perform covid swabs so we can implement the appropriate infection control protocols/ precautions.

  • @jwinnlian9430

    @jwinnlian9430

    Жыл бұрын

    @@np.rellora thank you so much!

  • @wedgepressure4313
    @wedgepressure4313 Жыл бұрын

    Hey there! Im a cath lab nurse in the US! How does it pay in the uk?

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi! I am pretty sure that the pay in the US is higher than what we received here in the UK. Our basic pay as a band 5 cathlab nurse in London is around £2490 including high cost allowance BUT Less insurance, Tax and pension. Net pay is £1800 - £2000

  • @emullen93

    @emullen93

    6 ай бұрын

    1800-2000 per month? Or every 2 weeks?

  • @kenramos5283
    @kenramos5283 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Sir! I'm a cathlab radiographer here in the philippines. I'm planning to go abroad UK specifically. Is the Radiographers only job or focuses only in the machine? Thank you in advance

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello Ken, yes mostly radiographers deal with the machines. I will have a chat with our radiographers and let's see if we can create a content regarding radiographer's role in the cathlab.

  • @kenramos5283

    @kenramos5283

    Жыл бұрын

    @@np.rellora In my current hospital nurses is for medication at paper works only. Radiographers is in-charge of stents and inflation etc... i'm just curious about the set up in other country. thank you. Godbless!

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kenramos5283 normally it should only be the machine. Both circulating and scrub nurses (or doctor) deal with stents and the likes. Physiologists deal with machines.

  • @monarecto3447
    @monarecto3447 Жыл бұрын

    😀

  • @mcvomittv8200
    @mcvomittv820011 ай бұрын

    can we be a Cath Lab nurse even without Exp? thank you

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes as long as you have a license as a nurse. The department will train you.

  • @third3354
    @third3354 Жыл бұрын

    sir di po ba delikado sa NUrse magwork as Cathlab dahil sa mga radiation? thanks

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello 👋 May lead gowns naman po na ginagamit. Basta maayos po ang paggamit at pag suot ng PPE (lead gown/ thyroid shield) at nakapag training ng Basic Radiation Safety, Hindi kailangan mag alala.

  • @monikathakur7225
    @monikathakur7225 Жыл бұрын

    HEY I AM MONIKA I AM CATH LAB NURSE IN THE INDIA HOW TO APPLY IN CATH NURSE IN UK

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi you should have 1. Working visa 2. NMC pin (qualified nurse in the UK). Go to UK.Gov website

  • @monikathakur7225

    @monikathakur7225

    Жыл бұрын

    iletes are compulsory

  • @np.rellora

    @np.rellora

    Жыл бұрын

    @@monikathakur7225 yes IELTs or OET is needed.