PERIOPERATIVE NURSING

Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs)

A clinical tutorial on CVAD types, patient education, safe insertion principles, device maintenance, and best-practice removal protocols.
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  • 1 hour
  • Shareable Certificate
  • Expert discussion

Course description 

This Ausmed Course provides learners with essential competencies surrounding the care of central venous access devices with the specific purpose of centring positive patient outcomes and championing patient and carer education.
Reviewed by SURGhub, January 2025

This course is provided by:

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  • Specialty:Perioperative Care
  • Subspecialty:Basic Anaesthesia, Basic Perioperative Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Preoperative Nursing, Intraoperative Nursing, Postoperative Nursing, Medical Technician
  • Target audience:Critical care nurses, post operative nurses and junior anaesthesia staff.
  • Level: Basic
  • Language: English
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This course is provided by:

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Learning objectives

  • Understand different types of central venous access devices and their indications.
  • Provide appropriate education for patients and their carers regarding central venous access devices.
  • Review best-practice central venous access device insertion technique.
  • Understand how to maintain a central venous access device.
  • Review best-practice central venous access device removal technique.

Course structure 

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Course instructor

Dr. Nicole Gavin

Dr. Nicole Gavin is an experienced haematology and bone marrow transplant nurse and a nurse research at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Her main research interest is infection in patients diagnosed with cancer. Infection is the leading cause of death for people with cancer despite advances in treatment and supportive care leading to long-term survival. Nicole’s PhD investigates how microorganisms grow in intravenous solutions in central venous access devices.
Dr Nicole Gavin

Dr. Nicole Gavin

Haematology Nurse and Researcher
Nurse Researcher at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

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