Virginia: PICC Line Insertion and Removal by Registered Nurses Under Appropriate Circumstances []. It is the position of the Board of Nursing that a registered nurse may insert and remove ...

Baby GB is a 970 g, 29 weeks of gestation infant, who received a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for total parenteral nutrition. A #26-G polyurethane catheter was inserted on day ...

Care+Wear, a startup that’s developed a range of clothing items to improve the quality of life for people with ports and PICC lines, or peripherally inserted central catheter, to deliver ...

Patients who require a PICC line have a mortality rate of 12.07% at 30 days, even without a PICC-line associated infection. The mortality rate pops up to 22.09% for those with an infection ...

It has been known for decades that central lines that have blood clots have a double the risk of catheter sepsis. Reducing thrombosis risks is the answer.” - Greg Vigna, M.D., J.D. LOS ANGELES ...

Can I refuse to remove a patient's PICC because I'm not an advanced practice nurse? You shouldn't assume that PICC line removal is or isn't an RN function without checking with your state Board of ...