HARTWELL, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PICC Excellence, Inc. has launched and is expanding its Certified PICC Ultrasound Insertion (CPUI™) credentialing program. CPUI is an international certification ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - There are seven hospitals in the United States that offer PICC line training. One of them is Unity Hospital in Rochester. A PICC line is a longer IV catheter that sits in the ...

If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be obtained by the nurse, or does that responsibility remain with the ordering physician? One facility, by ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany - Landstuhl Regional Medical Center’s Combined Intensive Care Unit recently added Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter as part of ICU capabilities at LRMC. Peripherally Inserted ...

The placement of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) routinely incorporates tip position confirmation using standard radiographs. In this study, we sought to determine whether real-time ...

To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at [email protected] (Include "Ask the Expert" in subject line.) We (the RNs) are given orders to remove ...