Occluded PICC Removed with Client Shadowing describes how a patient in a Hospice center had a PICC line that was being used for pain management, but it was no longer working, so the facility ordered a Midline to provide vascular access for the needed therapies. 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...
Previous PIVs Fail Repeatedly highlights a patient case involving an elderly man in a Skilled Nursing Home who needed long-term IV antibiotics to treat pneumonia. The facility ordered a peripheral IV (PIV), however, each new PIV failed within a day, delaying therapy...
Today’s Vascular Wellness Voice features a Wellness Wednesday case that took place in a Hospital Emergency Department where the patient needed vascular access to commence the sepsis protocol of treatment. Unfortunately, the patient was not only dehydrated but...
Vascular Access for Sepsis Protocol describes how a Skilled Nursing Facility resident with a fever of unknown origin was transported to the Emergency Department where she was put on the sepsis protocol for early diagnosis and treatment, and needed difficult-to-obtain...
Today’s Vascular Wellness Voice offers a moving Nurse Clinicians in Action Story. This Vascular Access for End of Life Care patient case occurred in a long-term care facility (LTC) with a critically ill patient whose family was faced with making decisions on the...
Vascular Access for End of Life Care describes how a Vascular Wellness Vascular Access Expert provided an alternative vascular access solution for a critically ill patient by using clinical expertise and compassionate care to balance the patient’s needs and the...
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...
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...
