IR Procedure Support Guide | 5-Page PDF | 2026–27 Edition

Vascular access, drainage, biopsy, and spine procedures — interventional radiology for the procedural nurse crossing over from cardiac work.

What changes about the patient population when you move from the cath lab to IR, how each procedure type runs, and the specific complication to watch for after each one — because they are not the same list you are used to.

Built for the pocket and the break room, not the library — skim the tables before your shift and use them live.

Part of Cardiac Nurse Playbooks. Instant PDF download, yours to keep.

Educational reference material for licensed clinicians and students. Not medical advice, not a protocol, and not a substitute for your facility's policies or physician orders. Where this guide and your unit policy disagree, your unit policy wins.