Jen Ehnstrom, RN

Personal Rehabilitation Approach:
“I enjoy working with patients and helping them through this stressful time of the unknown and worrying about something being wrong with their heart or not. It’s especially rewarding when we can help prevent a heart attack from happening.”

Education/Certifications: BS degree in Nursing, Bethel University; BLS and ACLS certification.

Experience: 25+ years in Nursing, including nearly 20 years at Riverwood, working in the hospital, including all levels of critical care, and formerly supervised cardiac rehab. Started nursing career on a cardiac telemetry unit at the VA and trained for SICU.

Patient Care:  Monitor stress tests, including Exercise stresses and Stress Echoes (a treadmill form of stress test), Dobutamine’s (a medication-induced stress test), to the Nuclear Stresses with or without Lexiscan.


Specialties

  • Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation