Radiology Nursing: The Future is NOW!

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Radiology Nursing The Future is NOW!
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Healing
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Touching
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Teaching
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What is a Radiology Nurse?

• Radiology Nurses serve in a variety of settings
• From birth to death
• Inpatient to outpatient
• Across multiple modalities

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Radiology Clinical Services

• MRI
• NeuroRadiology
• NeuroVascular
• Nuclear Cardiology
• Nuclear Medicine /PET
• Pediatric Radiology
• PET / CT
• TeleRadiology
• Ultrasound

• 3D Imaging Lab
• Abdominal Interventional
• Bone - MusculoSkeletal
• Breast Imaging
• CV Imaging Interventional
• Chest / Thoracic
• CT CAT scan
• EW radiology
• Interventional Neuro
• Lung Cancer Screening

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Modalities that Utilize Nursing

• Ultrasound
• MRI
• CT
• Floro (Body and Neuro)
• All Interventional Radiology procedures

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All Roads Lead to Radiology

• Basic Patient data
• OR
• ER
• OB
• Neuro
• Trauma
• Oncology
• U/S pregnancy
• Screening mammography

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Nursing Role in Radiology

• Pre-procedural assessment
• Procedural Sedation Assessment
• Anesthesia Preparation
• Intra-procedure monitoring
• Administration of Conscious Sedation
• Monitoring (VS)
• ICU patient care (drips, vents etc.)
• Diagnostic IV access
• Nursing care for general radiology patients

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Pre-procedural Preparation

• Medical Record Review
• Review History
• Medications
• Allergy
• Current Labs Review
• CBC
• Coags (PT / PTT)
• BUN / Creatinine
• Identify Patient ID Band, stated birth date
• NPO status (6 hours solids, 3 hours clears)
• IV access
• Special needs for patients

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Post Procedural Care

• Conscious Sedation / General Anesthesia recovery
• Patient Specific Discharge Criteria
• Discharge Instructions with prescriptions
• Follow-up appointments that are required

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Who is ARIN?

• ARIN is the preeminent radiology nursing
  organization. It is the only nursing organization
  dedicated to the needs of the radiology nurse.

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ARIN MISSION

• To provide Radiology Nurses with the knowledge
  and resources to deliver safe quality patient
  care in the imaging environment.

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ARIN Core Purpose

• To foster the growth of nurses who advance the
  standard of care in the imaging nursing
  environment.

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ARIN Benefits

• JRN, CORE, SCOPE and Standard
• Vision
• Networking
• Presentations

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ARIN Services

• Listserv
• Networking
• Social Media
• News

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ARIN Education

• Webinars
• CRN review modules
• Imaging review course

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Why be a member?

• You cant afford not to be a member!

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ARIN Member Testimonials

• The course was very thorough. It seems to be an
  ideal study tool
• for the CRN. I appreciate that it provided
  greater details and not
• just an exact redundancy of the IR Core
  Curriculum. This class was
• definitely worth my time. I look forward to
  seeking my CRN and
• to joining this esteemed group of professionals.
• Tina Benna
• IR Nurse
• Santa Clara Valley
• Medical Center, CA

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ARIN Member Testimonials

• I feel more confident to take the CRN exam having
  the lecture
• material written out and organized in sections
  allowed
• for better listening so as not to miss important
  points less note
• taking. Easier to review along with the Core
  Curriculum manual,
• thank you.
• Barbara Lokey BSN
• Clinical Nurse Radiology
• University Hospitals Case Medical Center

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ARIN Member Testimonials

• This course was a great review for the Imaging
  Nurse Certification
• exam. It was especially beneficial to me in that
  it covered areas within
• Imaging Services that I do not have practice
  experience in. For
• generalists, it is a great review. For
  specialists, it will cover areas where
• you lack competencies. The best part of the
  experience is being able
• to discuss specific examples of challenges that
  you face and hear
• how someone in another part of the country has
  found a way to
• overcome that challenge.
• Priscilla Moyer MSN, RN, CAPA, NE-BC
• Caromont Regional
• Medical Center
• Gastonia,NC

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How Do I Join?

• Membership is easy. Just click on
• https//www.arinursing.org/website

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Thank You

• We look forward to seeing you!

Music Cylinder One" by Chris Zabriski Available
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nses/by/3.0/ ARIN GL/MS 2014