Will we ever get to the point where we stop using this term? I began placing PICCs in 1980 and was never called a PICC nurse. It is somewhat of a degrading term. I am an infusion nurse specialist which has a strong component for vascular access in that scope of practice. Others consider themselves to be vascular access specialist with a more narrowed scope of practice. But we are not simply PICC nurses. Lynn
I wonder if this "PICC Nurse" does more than insert. Do they also provide the line and site care? This title seems to imply that all the nurse does is drop the line and walk away! Today I'm going to call myself a "Chart Nurse," because today all I feel like I'm doing is charting!
Keith W. Gilchrist, MSN, RN, PHN, OCN, CRNI, VA-BC
Oncology Nurse Navigator, David Grant Medical Center
Travis AFB, CA
I'm sorry. Should not have used that term. We are vascular access nurse specialists and our team is called "vascular access Team"
I simply used that term to advertisze the fact that we are looking for an experienced Vascular access nurse who places PICC's. Sorry if I offended anyone. I've heard nurses call themselves vascular access specialists who have never placed a PICC or midline.
No offense taken on my part. As you pointed out, there should be accepted definitions for these terms. Job descriptions and scope of service varies greatly between facilities along with many variations in teams. Lynn
Hope you find someone. Picc nurses are hard to come by. The training alone , if it's someone with no experience, always makes it difficult. What kind of team do you have?....
Will we ever get to the point where we stop using this term? I began placing PICCs in 1980 and was never called a PICC nurse. It is somewhat of a degrading term. I am an infusion nurse specialist which has a strong component for vascular access in that scope of practice. Others consider themselves to be vascular access specialist with a more narrowed scope of practice. But we are not simply PICC nurses. Lynn
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861
I wonder if this "PICC Nurse" does more than insert. Do they also provide the line and site care? This title seems to imply that all the nurse does is drop the line and walk away! Today I'm going to call myself a "Chart Nurse," because today all I feel like I'm doing is charting!
Keith W. Gilchrist, MSN, RN, PHN, OCN, CRNI, VA-BC
Oncology Nurse Navigator, David Grant Medical Center
Travis AFB, CA
I'm sorry. Should not have used that term. We are vascular access nurse specialists and our team is called "vascular access Team"
I simply used that term to advertisze the fact that we are looking for an experienced Vascular access nurse who places PICC's. Sorry if I offended anyone. I've heard nurses call themselves vascular access specialists who have never placed a PICC or midline.
No offense taken on my part. As you pointed out, there should be accepted definitions for these terms. Job descriptions and scope of service varies greatly between facilities along with many variations in teams. Lynn
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861
Hope you find someone. Picc nurses are hard to come by. The training alone , if it's someone with no experience, always makes it difficult. What kind of team do you have?....