This month’s Wellness Wednesday, Anxious Patient Requires Hemodialysis, describes a case where an elderly patient who was newly diagnosed with ERSD (end-stage renal disease) was hospitalized and in need of emergent dialysis to address an acute kidney injury...
Pediatric Patient with Crouzon Syndrome describes how a Vascular Wellness nurse clinician provided compassionate, holistic care to a fearful pediatric DIVA (Difficult Intravenous Access) patient with Crouzon syndrome and helped the patient overcome procedure-induced...
Fearful Patient and Holistic Vascular Access Care describes how a patient with needle phobia, having just been subjected to multiple unsuccessful vascular access attempts by facility staff, is comforted by the Vascular Wellness clinician who then obtains the correct...
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...
