Vascular Wellness has earned the trust of many Licensed Independent Practitioners. These practitioners know that not only does Vascular Wellness do a thorough consult for the right line at the right time, the first time, but in almost all cases, such as this Vascular Access Collaboration Patient...
Vascular Wellness prides itself on using the latest technology such as ultrasound machines for vein visualization, especially when the vein can’t be easily identified, and our employee training includes bedside manner and identifying and addressing common fears as shown in this Fearful Needle...
Vascular Wellness believes that placing the vascular access device at the bedside is best, regardless of the setting. Given that, while hospitalization or other healthcare facilities may be necessary for many situations, Vascular Wellness recognizes that home therapy can be a better option for...
Lifesaving access = WIN, Reduced Infection Risk = WIN, Vein Preservation = WIN. This week's story, a Covid & Kidney Failure Patient Case, demonstrates how having the skills of a Vascular Access Specialist will not only improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and strengthen infection control,...
This week we offer you a Nurse Clinicians in Action story that involves the ongoing battle healthcare providers face against Covid. This Complex Covid-19 Patient Case describes how our Vascular Access clinician evaluated a Covid patient and advocated a creative and clinically appropriate solution...
Continuing with our Nurse Clinicians in Action stories, this week offers Failed PIV & SVC Syndrome Patient Cases. One story tells how emergency personnel, without the use and accuracy of the US, were continually sticking the patient hoping to find the vein. The other demonstrates how through...
This week we feature 2 more of our Nurse Clinicians in Action stories, Long-Term Antibiotic & Vasopressor Patient Cases. One story tells how our clinician chose the safer Internal Jugular (IJ) line to achieve access instead of the physician's initially ordered PICC line. The other is about the...
Catheter Fracture & Mastectomy Patient Cases demonstrate how Vascular Wellness clinicians' experience enables us to assess and treat situations properly. In these cases this experience allows us to know when a line is damaged and needs to be removed, or if a patient is contraindicated for a...
Dementia and Cancer Patient Cases demonstrate how the placement of catheters is not a benign medical procedure and does come with risks and the risks compound through the additional needle and line insertions (both successful and unsuccessful attempts). Despite the difficulty of these procedures...
Pinch-Off Syndrome Patient Case (Pinch-Off Syndrome is the compression and misalignment of a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC), into a "v" position), a clinical vascular access case story about how our Vascular Access clinician diagnosed and treated the problem and is the focus of this...
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