Reducing Treatment Costs for Skilled Nursing is a Nurse Clinicians in Action case that describes how a patient in a Skilled Nursing Facility needed fluid for dehydration, but her difficult IV access (DIVA) condition resulted in multiple failed attempts at placing a Peripheral IV (PIV) by the local, on-site treatment team. The staff nurses informed the physician that the patient’s veins were too difficult to cannulate, and assuming that a PIV was no longer appropriate due to the multiple attempts, the facility contacted Vascular Wellness and ordered a Midline.
Read how Vascular Wellness was able to reduce treatment costs for skilled nursing in this Vascular Access patient case by clicking below.
Nurse Clinicians in Action Patient Case:
Clinician Reduces Skilled Nursing Treatment Cost
On the surface, it may appear safe and cost-effective to opt for a basic mobile PICC company rather than partner with a Vascular Access Specialist. Unfortunately, as with cases like this one (and even straightforward patient cases), most mobile PICC companies can only place lines in standard, straightforward cases. Partnering with true Vascular Access experts who regularly and successfully place lines in DIVA patients – and have the skills necessary to pivot while onsite and can place a range of standard and advanced Vascular Access lines, no matter the patient’s complex medical condition – can positively impact patients’ recovery and outcomes, and can save facilities money.
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Vascular Access Education and Training by Vascular Wellness is a comprehensive and unique program that empowers nurses and advances healthcare. Our Vascular Access Education and Training courses are taught by practicing, Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC) nurse clinician specialists and experts (not just educators) who regularly place vascular access devices in patients like the one in the patient case above, and train or precept nurses. This provides students with an exceptional educational experience.
The courses incorporate best practices, national guidelines, and practical experience across various healthcare settings. Participants receive didactic, simulation, and/or mannequin-based education and training in a classroom setting, and can incorporate live stick precepting and/or competency, as applicable. We also bring our training to you and customize it to your healthcare setting, equipment, and supplies. Hiring Vascular Wellness for your education and training needs is the smart and safe choice.
Empowering nurses through our unique education and training program is a significant component of our vision of Advancing Healthcare.
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We are Vascular Access Specialists. We excel due to our:
- Culture of Patient Care and Client Service
- Clinical Focus on Vascular Access
- Devoted Team of W2 Employee Clinicians
- Placement of Standard and Advanced Lines
- Comprehensive Administrative Support
Vascular Wellness provides mobile, on-site, and on-call standard and advanced vascular access services at the bedside including clinical consultation, line placement, program management, training and education, and infection consulting and prevention.
We regularly work with patients and healthcare partners across diverse settings such as Hospitals, Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, Hospital at Home programs, Skilled Nursing Facilities and CCRCs, Surgical & Outpatient Centers, Hospice, and At-Home. Vascular Wellness provides the highest quality and most innovative, effective, and timely vascular access services improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, and strengthening infection control.
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NURSE CLINICIANS IN ACTION case summaries involve challenging situations or intriguing clinical presentations where Vascular Wellness was able to create clinically appropriate access promptly, minimize sticks, and place the right line at the right time, the first time.
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(1) Comprehensive vascular access services to North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia; and
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