PICC Downgraded to PIVs after VA-BC Nurse Assessment describes a patient in a community hospital who was diagnosed with acute cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) and required vascular access for two days of antibiotics, as well as a cholecystectomy. The...
Ultrasound Guidance Insufficient for DIVA Patient describes a case where Emergency Department nurses and physicians tried multiple times using ultrasound guidance to achieve vascular access in a sick patient but were unsuccessful primarily due to the patient’s...
This month’s Wellness Wednesday, Unnecessary PICC Prescribed – SNF Patient Case, highlights a case at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) where a PICC was ordered to administer two weeks of IV antibiotics, however after reviewing the medical history and visually...
Prescribed PICC Unnecessary at SNF involves a case at a SNF (ie, Skilled Nursing Facility) where a PICC was ordered to administer two weeks of IV antibiotics, however after reviewing the medical history and visually assessing the patient, the Vascular Wellness...
Intravenous (IV) lines are vascular access devices used to gain venous access to a patient, giving the health care team the ability to administer medications and fluids. There are many types of IV lines, with Peripheral IVs (PIVs) being the most common. Because there...
Customized At-Home Vascular Access Solution highlights the clinical case of a patient who needed reliable, long-term vascular access for IV medication and how Vascular Wellness improves patient care with customized solutions regardless of the setting. Customized...
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...
