I’m Aware That I’m Rare: Tiffany Olka, RN (255)

The phaware® interview

Tiffany Olka, RN gives an overview of the University of Minnesota Medical Center’s Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Right Heart Failure.

My name is Tiffany Olka, and I’m a pulmonary hypertension nurse. I work out of the University of Minnesota Cardiology Clinic. We have both inpatient and outpatient teams, and I’m on the outpatient side in the clinical setting.

I’m what is considered a nurse coordinator, and we’re in the clinic with the patients during their visits. So, after the provider goes in, talks to them, comes up with that care plan, then we follow in afterwards, talk to them about the new medications, talk to them about testing that’s going on. Or, if they are that new diagnosed patient, reassuring them, talking to them a little bit more about the diagnosis, and answering any questions they have. Then, on days that we aren’t in clinic, we’re talking to them about their medications, how they’re doing during the titrations, getting those medications approved for them, and when they can’t get funding, helping…