This course will present the procedure for obtaining blood from central venous catheters (or CVCs), including through a PICC line and tunneled or non-tunneled catheters. Proper care and maintenance are necessary to maintain catheter integrity and prevent infections and complications. The goal of this course is to educate professional nurses in post-acute care settings about the required steps to obtain blood from a central venous catheter.
This course will present the procedure for obtaining blood from central venous catheters (or CVCs), including through a PICC line and tunneled or non-tunneled catheters. Proper care and maintenance are necessary to maintain catheter integrity and prevent infections and complications. The goal of this course is to educate professional nurses in post-acute care settings about the required steps to obtain blood from a central venous catheter.
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About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Obtaining Blood from a CVC
CVCs
Obtaining Blood
Pre-Procedure
Procedure
Procedure Review
Post-Procedure
Review
Summary
Section 3: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC, earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Indiana University School of Nursing at IUPUI, and her Associate of Science in Nursing from Ivy Tech College. She has over 18 years of nursing experience in public health, regulation, home health, leadership, education, maternal child community health, and long-term care environments. Tameka has served as a leader in home healthcare practices, quality improvement, and education as a community health nurse and a Public Health Nurse Surveyor (Home Health & Hospice) certified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS. She has served as a maternal and infant mortality advocate in managing home visiting services, supporting legislation to improve maternal child care in diverse communities, and as an ALPP Certified Lactation Counselor. She has also served as an Adjunct Clinical Professor to further awareness about the importance of community health nursing. Tameka’s passion is to serve the most vulnerable populations affected by health disparities and to inspire a new generation of nurses to do the same successfully.
Disclosure: Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
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