RN HOPS - Transesophageal Echo
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Cleveland Clinic
📍 Cleveland, OH, United States
Job Description
Join Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
The nurses in these Echo labs perform a transesophageal echo(TEE) which involves inserting a probe into the esophagus to get closer images of the heart, providing clearer views of certain areas. These are different from a surface echo (transthoracic echo) that uses a probe placed on the chest to obtain heart images, but with less detail in some cases.
The TEE procedures are conducted in a procedure room, where nurses are responsible for either charting or administering medications. Patients are generally under conscious sedation. The nurse administering the medications is also tasked with managing the patient's...
The nurses in these Echo labs perform a transesophageal echo(TEE) which involves inserting a probe into the esophagus to get closer images of the heart, providing clearer views of certain areas. These are different from a surface echo (transthoracic echo) that uses a probe placed on the chest to obtain heart images, but with less detail in some cases.
The TEE procedures are conducted in a procedure room, where nurses are responsible for either charting or administering medications. Patients are generally under conscious sedation. The nurse administering the medications is also tasked with managing the patient's...