When Turena Reeves, BSN, RN, VA-BC™, applied for a job as a vascular access nurse in the 1970s, she thought it would be an easy job while she raised her kids. After all, she thought, what is so difficult about getting a call, inserting a line, and leaving the room? “How wrong I was,” she […]
Vascular Access Nurse Writes Book for Pediatric Patients
In early 2020, Jackie Lutes, BSN, RN, CPN, VA-BC™, took up her pen and wrote a children’s booklet to make getting a vascular access device easier for her pediatric patients. While working the evening shifts on her vascular access team, Jackie Lutes noticed that not all pediatric patients had the same experience when it came […]
Escaping From the Island and Other Ways to Promote Multidisciplinary Vascular Access
After completing a degree or certification, many health care professionals take pride in adding credentials like “RRT,” “RN,” “PA-C” or “MD” to their name. Keegan Mahoney, BS, RRT, VA-BC™, however, raises the question: What if some of those credentials are not as important as we think when it comes to the practice of vascular access? […]
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