For two years, Chris Jungkans, BSN, RN, CPUI, VA-BC™, dodged his coworker’s urges to take his skills in the outpatient infusion department a step further: learning peripherally inserted central catheters. When he finally agreed—more for his coworker’s sake than his own—he did not expect much to come from it. Now, he has successfully created and […]

When Dr. Kerry Kennedy, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, VA-BC™, started her journey as an LVN working on a cardiac step-down unit in 2001, she quickly figured out how integral vascular access was to almost every aspect of health care. “Back in the day, if you didn’t know how to start your own IVs, your workday […]

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 […]