Vascular Access for Quadriplegic Patient describes how a Vascular Access clinician was able to rely on his knowledge, training, and experience to expertly assess a quadriplegic patient in a skilled nursing facility to recommend and gain physician approval for a safer...
Today’s Critical Vascular Access for Patient Transport case story describes how a Vascular Access clinician utilizes her advanced knowledge and skills and remains calm and collected in a stressful situation, to place a PICC line prior to transport, in a...
Our 24/7 Vascular Access Support Team (VST) works similarly to an emergency department triage system. Because our VST members are clinically trained to recognize the urgency of a Vascular Access situation, they are able to escalate a call to a Vascular Wellness expert...
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 access expertise after hours describes how a Vascular Wellness nurse on her way home returns to the hospital to immediately help a patient experiencing Ventricular Tachycardia, a type of dangerous heart rhythm, and is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in...
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...
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...
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...
Femoral Line for Cavagram describes how the Vascular Access clinician chooses a more clinically appropriate and safer Femoral Line to achieve access for the patient and is the focus of this Nurse Clinicians in Action. Femoral Line for Cavagram – Clinical Case...
