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. Internal Jugular Line and Vasopressors...
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...
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...
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...
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 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).
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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