11th Annual Spring Symposium

Patient Panel: Ruth Kitchen, RN, MSN. PICC patient with home IV therapy Kristen Cox 20 years-old, leukemia patient diagnosed as 4 years, and living with long term treatment, multiple IVs, central lines and port. Joan Cox, Mother of Kristen “The patient perspective of living with vascular device decisions: A panel discussion with an adult and pediatric patient. “ Moderated by Cheryl Gordon, RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI, VA-BC. Marybell Bernhardt RN, BSN, VA-BC and Marcela Beatty, RN, Erin Trout RN, BSN, VA-BC, “Arterial Line Insertion Program: Development from the Ground Up”. Elena Nelson Squires RN,VA-BC, ONC “How to Test Fences and Push Open Boundaries: The Road to Vascular Access Specialists’ Placement of Centrally Inserted Central Venous Access". Karolina Draper MSN VA-BC “Extended-Dwell PIVs: “A New Tool in the Toolbox The Emerging Evidence”. Mendee Livingston MPH,MLS, CIC CLABSI: Beyond Insertion & Maintenance”

Cheryl Gordon RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI, VA-BC “Ultrasound Guided Peripheral IV”, Cheryl Gordon RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI, VA-BC “Advanced Practicum for Ultrasound Guided IV”