Senior Nursing Poster Session (Virtual)
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Nursing
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Jessica Naber
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
This EBP project is guided by evidence from nursing journals that promotes the use of vascular access teams (VAT) in hospitals to prevent complications such as phlebitis, hematomas, or blood stream infections that sometimes occur as a result of improper insertion technique or inadequate maintenance of a patient’s vascular access. VATs also prove to decrease the number of attempts it takes to obtain vascular access and decrease the patient’s pain perception of the procedure which in turn improves patient satisfaction. Establishing a VAT in hospitals is also shown to decrease the number of central lines which decreases the incidence of CLABSIs (central line associated blood stream infections).
Spring Scholars Week 2020 Event
Evidence Based Best Practices in Clinical Healthcare (Posters)
Preventing Complications & Improving Patient Satisfaction with the Use of a Vascular Access Team (VAT)
This EBP project is guided by evidence from nursing journals that promotes the use of vascular access teams (VAT) in hospitals to prevent complications such as phlebitis, hematomas, or blood stream infections that sometimes occur as a result of improper insertion technique or inadequate maintenance of a patient’s vascular access. VATs also prove to decrease the number of attempts it takes to obtain vascular access and decrease the patient’s pain perception of the procedure which in turn improves patient satisfaction. Establishing a VAT in hospitals is also shown to decrease the number of central lines which decreases the incidence of CLABSIs (central line associated blood stream infections).