What's in this course?
Explore the common complications associated with central venous access devices (CVADs) and the best-practice nursing interventions for prevention and management.
Perioperative Nursing
- The prevalence and urgency-level of common complications
- Patient and carer education
- Patency and device-related complications
- Infection and skin-based complications
- Nursing interventions for common complications
Target Audience
Nurses and other healthcare professionals looking to deepen their knowledge of complications that commonly occur with CVADs.
Varied activities
Videos and tests.
Duration
1h07
Level
Basic
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Need
Central venous access devices (CVADs) are highly prevalent within inpatient and community healthcare settings across all populations and pose a high risk for complications to arise. Between 15–66% of CVADs may fail prematurely as a result of complications.
It is therefore crucial that healthcare professionals caring for patients with these devices have an in-depth and up-to-date understanding of the various kinds of complications that can occur, prevention strategies, and how to manage treatment in partnership with patients in order to maintain safety and achieve optimal outcomes.
Purpose
The purpose of this Ausmed Course is to provide learners with an in-depth understanding of the various kinds of complications that commonly occur for patients with CVADs and best practices for prevention, treatment and management strategies.
Disclosure
No conflict of interest exists for anyone in the position to control content for this activity. All parties in a position to control the content, including Ausmed's planning committee for this activity, the Educator, and the Peer Reviewer, have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Wherever possible, generic or non-proprietary names of medications or products have been used.
Course instructor
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.
This course is provided by Ausmed
Ausmed is an Australian healthcare education provider that equips individuals, teams and organisations with the tools and resources they need to meaningfully impact the quality of care being provided.
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