Vascular Access Archives

Pediatric Patient with Crouzon Syndrome – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 16

Pediatric Patient with Crouzon Syndrome describes how a Vascular Wellness nurse clinician provided compassionate, holistic care to a fearful pediatric DIVA (Difficult Intravenous Access) patient with Crouzon syndrome and helped the patient overcome procedure-induced...

Prioritizing Patient Outcomes

As Vascular Access Specialists, Vascular Wellness nurse clinicians are Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC), insured, skill-verified, and salaried W2 employees. Vascular Wellness requires semi-annual skill verification ensuring adherence to proprietary policies,...

Safer Nuclear Medicine

Vascular Wellness supports patient centric care and safety. While nuclear medicine is safe and effective, we became aware of patient safety concerns regarding nuclear extravasations in April 2021, and participated in a seminar one month later. We then joined the...

Vascular Access Expertise After Hours – Nurse Clinicians in Action -15

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...

Fearful Needle Phobia Patient Case

Vascular Wellness prides itself on using the latest technology such as ultrasound machines for vein visualization, especially when the vein can’t be easily identified, and our employee training includes bedside manner and identifying and addressing common fears as...

Vascular Access and Patient Collaboration – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 14

Vascular access and patient collaboration describes how a patient with a long battle with cancer and various complications collaborates with the Vascular Wellness clinician on her vascular access treatment plan to help accomplish clinical and non-clinical personal...

Complex Covid-19 Patient Case

This week we offer you a Nurse Clinicians in Action story that involves the ongoing battle healthcare providers face against Covid. This Complex Covid-19 Patient Case describes how our Vascular Access clinician evaluated a Covid patient and advocated a creative and...

Fearful Patient and Holistic Vascular Access Care – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 13

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...

Catheter Fracture & Mastectomy Patient Cases

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...