Grand Canyon State Chapter
Profiles Of Professionals
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Veterans Administration Medical Center
        Phoenix, AZ

Contact person:  Cathy Daly    (602) 277-5551

Questions:


1.        What is the name of your department? Special Procedures

               
2.        What administrative area does your department /area fall under? Nursing

              
3.        What is the management structure? Clinical leader is a member of IR staff. Our nurse manager is over
several specialty units

              
4.        What type of radiology procedures requiring nursing care are performed at your hospital?    TACE, carotid
stent, aortagram with runoff, visceral angios, pulmonary angios, GJ tubes, portacath placement, hemodialysis
catheter placement biopsies and drains placed using CT, para and thoracentesis     

              
5.        How many staff? (RN’s, RT’s, other) What credentials are required? 4 RN working in special procedures
requires at least two years of ICU experience 3 angio techs and 3 CT techs,


6.        How many MD’s are assigned on a daily basis?  1 contract MD one inhouse MD


7.        Who admits/preps the patient? Who recovers/discharges the patient?     The same 4 nurses  


8.        Who transports?    Either nursing or transporters     


9.        Call (what hours, pay, response time, etc)     call each evening after 4 till 7 and weekends, no specific
response time within one hour usually, on-call pay is ten percent     
       

10.        Current major issue? Need more physician coverage at times. Our physicians leave and go to other
facilities.

        
11.        JC concerns?    none     


12.        How to contact the department? 602 277-5551 extension 7016
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