Chest Radiograph Assessment and Central Vascular Access Devices
Are you frustrated from waiting on chest xray results from radiology after you place a PICC? Do you find that your patient's infusion therapy is delayed because you don't know where the catheter tip is located? Do you use ECG for tip location but find a lot of cardiac patients without a P wave and you still must rely on radiology? When I started placing PICCs in 1981, this was very new practice for everyone. Once radiology thought the external oxygen tubing was the PICC because they were more familiar with very large catheters. That is when the infusion nurses began to educate ourselves about assessing the chest xray! Save time, decrease costs, and get the treatment started faster for your patient by learning this skill.
The course begins with a discussion about the scope and standards for nursing practice. Also included is a suggested process and tools for competency assessment, normal thoracic anatomy, basic principles of radiology, and many X-rays of correct and malpositioned central vascular access devices. After course completion, you will earn 4 contact hours of continuing education credit.
Your Instructor
Lynn Hadaway currently serves as president of Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc, a consulting and education company specializing in infusion therapy and vascular access. In addition to developing continuing education presentations, Lynn provides consulting services to device manufacturers and serves as an expert to attorneys in infusion-related lawsuits. She is an active member of the Infusion Nurses Society; and has served on the Standards of Practice committee since 2004, revising 4 editions of the standards. She is a member of the Association for Vascular Access, and the Georgia Nurses Association. Lynn also serves on the committee to revise the SHEA Compendium chapter on CLABSI.
She holds two national certifications -- infusion nursing from the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation and nursing professional development from the American Nurses Credentialing Corporation. She also holds a Masters in Education from the University of Georgia.
Lynn has more than 40 years of experience in infusion nursing and adult education. Her experience comes from multiple acute care settings, healthcare manufacturing, and continuing professional education. Her publications include dozens of journal articles and textbook chapters on many aspects of vascular access device (VAD) insertion and management, anatomy and physiology, infusion and vascular access complication management, legal and regulatory issues, and processes of adult learning.
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