Vascular Access Device

0586_SHSO_Vascular Access: Past, Present, Future_Live

Sacramento CA, CA US
April 24, 2025

Description: 

The Vascular Access Education Day is an in-person training for bedside nurses designed to enhance knowledge of vascular access device types, their use, and to provide hands-on skills practice of device management techniques to maintain patient health and prevent complications.

Topics include:

• Overview of Ultrasound Guided Access

• Vascular Access Devices

• Management of: Peripheral IVs, PICCs (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter), and Tunneled and non tunneled CVCs (Central Venous Catheter)

• Infection Prevention

• Documentation

• Case Studies

Target Audience

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Learning Objectives

By the end of this training session, RNs will:

1. Demonstrate safe and aseptic techniques for maintaining different types of vascular access devices (e.g., peripheral IVs, PICCs, tunneled and non-tunneled) to ensure patient safety and prevent complications.

2. Apply infection prevention and control measures, including proper hand hygiene, aseptic techniques, and the use of sterile equipment during insertion, maintenance, and removal of vascular access devices.

3. Assess the function and condition of vascular access devices, troubleshoot common issues such as occlusions or malfunctions, and take appropriate actions to resolve problems or escalate care when necessary.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.00 ANCC

    Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 5.00 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 5.00 CA BRN

    Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
    This activity is approved for 5.00 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens: 
04/24/2025
Course expires: 
06/30/2025
Event starts: 
04/24/2025 - 8:00am PDT
Event ends: 
04/24/2025 - 3:30pm PDT
Rating: 
5

Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Culturally Appropriate Care, which is Free of Implicit Biases:

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

Implicit Bias

Bova, C. A., Drexler, K., & Sullivan-Bolyai, S. (2012). Health disparities in vascular access: A systematic review. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 17(4), 218–224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.java.2012.08.001

SDOH

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2017). Communities in action: Pathways to health equity. The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24624

Sutter Health University - Patrick Hayes Learning Center
2700 Gateway Oaks Sacramento
Sacramento CA, CA 95833
United States
Picture of 2700 Gateway Oaks Blvd. Office Building

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

Sean Lau, faculty for this activity has received speaker fees from Becton Dickinson. This relevant financial relationship has been mitigated via a peer review conducted by Andrea Lemmo who has no financial relationships.

No one else involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.    

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC

 

Planner(s)

Nate Ball, MSN, BA, CCRN, VA-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jennifer Burnett

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Corina Corpuz, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Cheryl Hendriksen, BSN RN, OCN, VA-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Andrea Lemmo, RN, BSN VA BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Robin Lewis, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Julie Snoke

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Michelle Apostol, BSN RN VA-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Nate Ball, MSN, BA, CCRN, VA-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Stephen Bishop, RN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Resty Fernandez, RN, VA-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Cheryl Hendriksen, BSN RN, OCN, VA-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Rochelle Lacombe, RN, CCRN, Nurse IV

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sean Lau, MBA, BSN, RN, VA-BC

has a financial relationship (Other Business Ownership) with SJC Vascular Access;.
has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Becton Dickinson;.

Andrea Lemmo, RN, BSN VA BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Robin Lewis, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Hester Perez, MSN, RN-BC, PHN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Georgia Walsh, RN, CIC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Shannon Weber, RN, BSN, VA-BC, CCRN, MICN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Designation Statement

Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 5.00 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 5.00 ANCC

    Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 5.00 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 5.00 CA BRN

    Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
    This activity is approved for 5.00 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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