Establishing a dedicated difficult vascular access team in the emergency department: A needs assessment

Journal of Infusion Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 149-154

  Whalen, Madeleine ^a   Maliszewski, Barbara ^a   Baptiste, Diana Lyn ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult vascular access; Emergency medicine; Emergency nursing; Peripheral intravenous access; Short peripheral catheter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR ACCESS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETERIZATION; DEVICES; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; NURSING STAFF; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHLEBOTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018428187     PISSN: 15331458     EISSN: 15390667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000218     Document Type: Article

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