Radiology Nursing
Radiology Nursing is an umbrella phrase for nurses who care for patients in any specialty area where imaging is used to diagnose and treat patients. While radiology departments originally had radiologist and technologists, nurses have slowly been added over the past 15 years as the patient seeking radiology treatment have become sicker. Radiology nurses could work in such specialty areas as Interventional Radiology, Cat Scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, and the list goes on.[1]
Nurses working in the radiology setting normally have a vast background of experience which may include critical care, ICU, ED, vascular access team, pediatrics, oncology, medical/surgical, etc. As they gain experience and expertise, they become eligible to become Board Certified by the Radiologic Nursing Certification Board, which itself is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification, Inc.[2]
As a Certified Radiology Nurse (CRN®)this identifies the nurse as having an expertise in the field of radiology nursing, someone who can delivery quality patient care as well as mentor those nurses who are less experienced.
Radiology and Imaging nurses may belong to their professional organization which allows them to network and learn from a large group of nurses working within the same specialty. Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing[3]
Radiology nurses work very closely with radiologists in preparing patients, who will then go on to have their imaging. Interventional radiology nurses will care for patients who are having invasion procedures such as angiograms, embolizations, biopsies, abscesses drained, etc. Radiology nurses and radiologic technologists benefit from the physicians professional organizations such as the Society of Interventional Radiology[4] and the American College of Radiology [5]
Radiology nurses care for patients of all ages and diagnosis. Therefore, they benefit from information from other organizations and journal that cover topics of emergency care, intensive care, medical/surgical patients, oncology patients, pediatric patients, etc.
Radiology nurses also have a specific journal available to them, the Journal of Radiology Nursing.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ Grossman, V. (2014). Fast Facts for the Radiology Nurse. Springer Publishing Company
- ↑ http://www.arinursing.org/certification/
- ↑ Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing. http://www.arinursing.org/index.cfm
- ↑ http://www.sirweb.org/
- ↑ http://www.acr.org/
- ↑ http://www.radiologynursing.org/
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