Complex COVID patient needs more access describes how the Vascular Access clinician evaluated a COVID patient, advocated a creative and clinically appropriate solution for multiple points of access, and created such access achieving the best outcome feasible, and is the focus of this Nurse...
A PICC Team consists of nurses who are skillful in inserting, maintaining, and removing PICCs and Midlines, as well as basic lines such as PIVs. Nurses on a PICC team are usually more experienced and receive more training than nurses who place basic lines. The PICC line is more advanced than a...
Monoclonal Antibodies infusion Program for Covid patients is one of the more effective treatment options provided it is given timely and as prescribed. Vascular Access nurses are pivotal to creating safe and timely IV Access to help ensure that the intravenous (IV) infusions are delivered...
Femoral Line for Cavagram describes how the Vascular Access clinician chooses a more clinically appropriate and safer Femoral Line to achieve access for the patient and is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action. Nurse Clinicians in Action is a spotlight series highlighting some of the...
Internal Jugular Line and Vasopressors describes how the Vascular Access clinician was able to use his advanced skill set to timely place an Internal Jugular (IJ) line in a critical patient on vasopressors and is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action. Nurse Clinicians in Action is a...
A patient with a tunneled catheter fracture and how the Vascular Access clinician removed the tunneled catheter even though tunneled catheters are generally under the purview of doctors is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action. Nurse Clinicians in Action is a spotlight series highlighting...
Vascular Access in Covid patients is critical. While Vascular Access is virtually always an essential part of patient care, it takes an even more important role in Covid patients. With Covid patients, after obtaining a secure airway, the next immediate need is Vascular Access. Vascular Access...
Healthcare providers Outsource Vascular Access to high quality nurse clinicians because it makes clinical and financial sense in many situations, even when the healthcare provider (such as a hospital) has the option to hire in-house resources. Vascular Access is a specialized medical procedure...
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...
With proper training and board of nursing approval, vascular access nurses can perform the insertion of Vas Cath for Dialysis and other large bore lines. Vascular Wellness, a leader in the field of vascular access, is one of a select few companies that has received approval from a state (NC)...
Proper vascular access is critical to nuclear medicine because the correct injection of a radiopharmaceutical enables safe, effective, and comprehensive imaging leading to proper patient care and management. Incorrect injection that results in fluid leakage into the arm tissue can cause...
On May 26, 2021, Vascular Wellness leaders Nancy Warden and Stephen Harris presented at the webinar "Radiopharmaceutical Extravasations: Hazards, Mitigation, and Prevention" on the importance of vascular access in nuclear medicine. The seminar provided information on the history and evolution of...
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Vascular Wellnesssm provides comprehensive, quality, timely, and innovative vascular access services, including standard and advanced line placement, pediatrics, program management, education, training, and infection control and prevention to all healthcare settings such as Tertiary Hospitals, Community Hospitals, Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Surgical and Outpatient Centers, Hospice, and At-Home care. We support a 98+% Success Rate with zero (0) Insertion-Related Infections across all lines, with an average response time of 3 hours. We help our clients improve patient outcomes, enable faster therapy, reduce costs, infections, and readmissions, decrease hospital length of stay, and reduce transportation expenses.
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