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The role of the radiology nurse
S J Blevins. Radiol Manage. 1994 Fall.
Abstract
The radiology nurse's role requires a high level of knowledge, expertise and independence because the department provides services to a wide variety of patients with diverse needs and about whom information may be limited. Radiology nurses routinely start or check peripheral i.v.s, assess infusaports, administer medications, monitor vital signs, suction patients, insert foleys and help patients with their personal needs. The nurse also informs the technologist or radiologist of any unusual patient needs and performs specialized nursing duties, such as administering i.v. sedation or analgesia during special procedures and closely monitoring patients with cardiac/pulse oximeters. Radiology departments call on nurses to care for patients transported from intensive care, patients in emergency situations and pediatric patients and others needing sedation. Teaching is another duty radiology nurses assume, instructing patients and their families, students, technologists, other nurses, radiologists and physicians about patient care. They also teach the radiology staff new nursing policies and national standards as such changes occur. Radiology nurses devote a lot of time to quality improvement and infection control programs: collecting data, keeping records and reporting results. Because radiology nursing is relatively new, the nurse may be called upon to help write patient care policies, design flowsheets or patient instruction sheets and develop protocols or care plans. Radiology nurses utilize skills employed in many other nursing specialties and incorporate them in the radiology setting. They must provide quality nursing care to a large, transient group of patients of all ages, be a spokesperson for patient care and a teacher to other radiology staff members on patient care issues.
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