Internal Jugular Line When Upper Arm Infection describes how the Vascular Access clinician was able to use his advanced skill set to assess the patient’s clinical history and choose the safer and more clinically appropriate Internal Jugular (IJ) line to achieve access instead of the physician...
Mastectomy and PICC Line can be Unsafe Combination describes how the Vascular Access clinician consulted with the patient’s physician to revise the physician’s order from a PICC Line to the more clinically appropriate Internal Jugular (IJ) Line and is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action....
A patient with a tunneled catheter fracture and how the Vascular Access clinician removed the tunneled catheter at the patient's bedside even though tunneled catheters are generally under the purview of doctors is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action. Tunneled Catheter Fracture - Clinical...
Anxious and Distraught Cancer Patient and how the Vascular Access clinician pacified the patient and placed the correct Vascular Access device is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action. Anxious and Distraught Cancer Patient - Clinical Case This case took place in a hospital with a patient...
Dementia Patient Disrupting Catheters and how a Vascular Access Clinician overcame this obstacle and placed and secured Central Catheter Lines is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action. Dementia Patient Disrupting Catheters - Clinical Case Dementia Patient Disrupting Catheters case took...
In general, a Vascular Access Nurse provides access to a patient’s circulatory system through the insertion of a small, thin tube called a catheter. The degree of complexity of the catheter (aka, the Vascular Access Device (VAD)) in the body can range from IVs, Peripheral IVs (PIVs), and Midlines, contained in the arms, all the way to Central Venous Catheters (CVCs), including Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs), Axillary lines, Internal Jugulars (IJs) and Femoral lines (Fems).
Pinch-Off Syndrome (ie, the compression and misalignment of a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC), into a "v" position) and how the Vascular Access clinician diagnosed and treated the problem is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action. Pinch-Off Syndrome - Clinical Case This case...
Send us a detailed message and we’ll have one of our
Clinical Leaders address your questions.