Cardiac Catheterization Analysis

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This clinical week started out very interesting as I had a patient who had a cardiac catheterization procedure schedules. I had the opportunity to gain insight on pre-procedure nursing tasks and interventions as well as post –procedure. The patient had been admitted due to chest pain and an Echo test conducted showed aortic vulvar insufficiency. This led to the need of cardiac catheterization a procedure performed to visualize heart structure and blood vessels under a fluoroscopy to further asses this condition. Before the procedure the nurse called the interpreter on the IPad to interpret the patient teaching regarding the procedure including asking about allergies to iodine or seafood and encouraged questions from the patient. The nurse then

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