Samantha Hall
CARDIOVASULAR NURSE
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Correct Name of Career
o Cardiac Nurse
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Education and/or Training Required
o Important skills include EKG skills, assessment skills, desire to learn,
communications, and interpreting results.
o General high school classes should include chemistry, physiology, anatomy,
microbiology, English, statistics, and public speaking.
o To become a licensed Cardiac Nurse you must complete a certification
examination. Before eligible to take the test you must have your RN licenses,
practiced 2 years full time as a nurse, minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical practice
within last 3 years, and completed 30 hours of continuing education in cardiac
nursing within last 3 years. Depending on the state that the participant is in could
change the requirements for their RN license. The states board of nursing has their
requirements for their state.
o After passing the exam you are awarded the RN-BC that is valid for 5 years. You
may keep your credential by continuing your practice and renewing your license
when it is time too.
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Responsibilities and Daily Activities
o Daily activities vary due to the place of employment and the diagnosis of the
patient.
o With being a nurse there is multiple things that you can do throughout the day.
There is a possibility to educate and describe procedures to patients, record results
of treatment, and/or depending on experience take the lead in the diagnosis and
treatments. Their daily activities depends on how their patients are following their
plan for treatment or diagnosis.
o Most are employed by hospitals and local medical practices.
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Salary Range
o The salary range for KY is $60,202 to $67,248.
o The average salary for Kentucky is $55,000.
o The salaries vary do to who they are employed by and the demand for their
practice in the area.
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Documentation of Sources
o "Cardiac Nurse Education Requirements and Career Information." Study.com.
N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
http://study.com/articles/Cardiac_Nurse_Education_Requirements_and_Career_I
nformation.html.
o "Cardiac-Vascular Nursing." Cardiac-Vascular Nursing. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar.
2015. http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Cardiac-VascularNursing.
o "Prospective Students." Learn about the Nursing General Education Requirements
Course and Transfer Information for Sentara College of Health Sciences. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2015. http://www.sentara.edu/students/nursing-generaleducation-requirements.shtml.
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Self- Evaluation
o I have not heard of this career before.
o The salaries vary do to who they are employed by and the demand for their
practice in the area.
o Although you get to help them you also have to do the same procedure every time
with each patient and you also have to be open for flexibility.
o No I would not want to have this job because you would have to be able to run off
schedule and also have to have very procedure data and records or things could go
extremely wrong.