IV Infiltration and Extravasation Causes and Prevention
IV Infiltration Prevention and Management describes infiltrations and extravasations, common causes, and best practices to prevent and mitigate the risk of these complications from occurring…
Undetected DVT in Skilled Nursing Patient – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 37
Undetected DVT in Skilled Nursing Patient describes how an elderly patient in a Skilled Nursing Facility needed a replacement PICC line so he could complete his course of antibiotics and hydration, but the arm where the previous PICC was placed was swollen and red....
Central Venous Catheter
Central Venous Catheter is a catheter that ends in a large vein, either the Superior Vena Cava (SVC), which is just above the heart or the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC), which is just below the heart. Central Venous Catheters are also called Central Lines and Central...
IV Mobile
IV Mobile describes mobile nursing companies that may provide a range of on-call, on-demand, and on-site IV Access Services. IV stands for Intravenous and is a method of delivering medication and therapies into a vein for immediate access to the bloodstream. IV...
PICC Team
A PICC Team consists of nurses who are skillful in inserting, maintaining, and removing PICCs and Midlines, as well as basic lines such as PIVs. Nurses on a PICC team are usually more experienced and receive more training than nurses who place basic lines. The PICC...
Vascular Access Nurses
Vascular Access Nurses 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...
What does a Vascular Access Nurse do?
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).