1-2 year Renewable Contract_Registered Nurse - Cardiology Unit, CCU
Saudi Arabia · Riyadh
The Unit provides comprehensive 24-hour nursing care for stable adult patients with conditions that are usually cardiac in origin including:
* Post-Acute Coronary Syndromes
* Pre and post-cardiac investigations (e.g., angiogram, catheters, coronary interventions)
* Heart failure (e.g., pulmonary congestion)
* Cardiomyopathy for medical management
* Endocarditis and other systemic infections
* Stable arrhythmia management (including IV Antiarrhythmic therapy)
* Cardiac risk management (hypertension, lipidemia, diabetes control)
* Heart transplant work-up/OR preparation (including stable inotropic dependent patients requiring IV Dopamine, Dobutamine, Milrinone)
* Heart transplant with rejection for plasmapheresis and IVIG therapy
* Pre-CABG/valve replacement & repair/Pacemaker/AICD Insertion
* Stable post-heart transplant (not immediate and only for medical management)
* Stable post percutaneous valve or valvuloplasty
* Stable post-cardiac surgery (not immediate and only for medical management)
* Stable patients requiring IV nitrate infusions for blood pressure or heart failure purposes (Not ACS/chest pain)
* Stable patients requiring infusions post-procedure/ coronary intervention, i.e. (platelet inhibitors- Eptifibatide)
No. of Beds: 25
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