Tunneled, Vascath, IJ, PIV Lines – One Call Does it All – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 50
Tunneled, Vascath, IJ, PIV Lines – One Call Does it All describes a case where an Internal Jugular Central Line and shortly thereafter, a Temporary Dialysis Catheter (Vascath) for hemodialysis were ordered for an LTACH patient who also needed a Tunneled Central Line...
Possible DVT Leads to Downgraded IJ – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 48
Possible DVT Leads to Downgraded IJ describes a case where a hospital patient with difficult IV access and a medical history of renal failure requiring hemodialysis, was experiencing a gastrointestinal bleed and needed multiple blood transfusions. The patient’s...
Previous PIVs Fail Repeatedly – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 44
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...
Complex Patient Needs Numerous IV Medications
This month’s Wellness Wednesday, Complex Patient Needs Numerous IV Medications, describes a case where a facility ordered a vascular access consult for Vascular Wellness to determine which central line was best for a DIVA patient with several serious conditions,...
How to Assess an IV
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...
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…
At-Home Vascular Access Patient Case
This month’s Wellness Wednesday, an At-Home Vascular Access Patient Case, highlights the clinical situation of a patient who needed a PICC line for long-term vascular access for IV medication. Vascular Wellness placed the line, but even with detailed written and...