Gastrointestinal Interventional Radiology-Where Your Patient Is Going and What He Is Doing

CS-76 5/24/2016 10:30:00 AM - 5/24/2016 11:30:00 AM

Gastrointestinal Interventional Radiology-Where Your Patient is Going and What He Is Doing

Gastrointestinal (GI) disease is often diagnosed in the endoscopy suite. With new technologies and innovations, staging and therapeutic interventions are also procedures supported by the endoscopy nurse and technologist. At times, endoscopy partners with interventional radiology to meet the needs of the patient. This author wondered what happened to the patient who went to interventional radiology once GI failed at biliary stent placement or could not get a gastrostomy tube placed. How about the patient diagnosed with colon cancer that returns seven years later with liver metastasis and chemotherapy is no longer working? How is the biopsy done? What other treatment options are available that can attempt at prolonging a quality life? Gastrointestinal related procedures from diagnosis to therapeutic treatment done in interventional radiology, along with the vital role of both the endoscopy and the interventional radiology nurse will be discussed. The knowledgeable GI nurse is empowering, relieving patients’ fear of the unknown.

Objective Content Time Presenter GI Not GI Frame 1.Describe the role of A. Background Information 11 minutes Jan the nurse in 1. scheduled procedures Provenzano interventional radiology 2.add on procedures- relative to endoscopy/GI clinic 2. List procedures done A. Angio procedures 14 minutes Jan in interventional 1. G tubes Provenzano radiology 2. biliary tubes 3. Bland/chemo/radioembolizations B. CT Procedures 1. liver bx 2.pancreatic bx 3.abscess drainage C. Ultrasound procedures 1. liver bx 2. abscess drainage 3. States indications of A. Diagnostic 15 minutes the procedures B. Therapeautic 4. Describe the A. Angio procedures 20 minutes techniques of the 1. G tubes procedures and the 2. biliary tubes nurses role during the 3. procedures Bland/chemo/radioembolizations B. CT procedures 1. liver bx 2.pancreatic bx 3.abscess drainage C. Ultrasound procedures Ultrasound procedures 1. liver bx 2. Total