Table 3.
Staffing resources for ICM insertion
| Staffing Resource | Pre-Insertion n (%) |
Device Insertion n (%) |
Post-Insertion n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician | 112 (58.6%) | 157 (82.2%) | 69 (36.1%) |
| Physician assistant | 48 (25.1%) | 46 (24.1%) | 46 (24.1%) |
| Nurse practitioner | 22 (11.5%) | 18 (9.4%) | 28 (14.7%) |
| Registered nurse | 130 (68.1%) | 107 (56.0%) | 43 (22.5%) |
| CV/OR technologista | 52 (27.2%) | 54 (28.3%) | 101 (52.9%) |
| Medical assistant | 11 (5.8%) | 5 (2.6%) | 4 (2.1%) |
| Other | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.5%) |
a Cardiovascular/surgical technologist