A NOTE FROM 2022 AVA BOARD PRESIDENT
A NOTE FROM 2022 AVA BOARD PRESIDENT Tonja Stevens, RN, BSN, VA-BCTM | President, Association for Vascular Access
DEAR AVA AND VASCULAR COLLEAGUES: On behalf of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA) Board of Directors and staff, I want to wish you all a happy and healthy 2022. I am honored to lead AVA in 2022. In early 2020, AVA began working together with vascular clinicians to address COVID related issues and identify potential solutions. Using virtual technology, we were able to address, present, and discuss issues and solutions
with the with the Spring issue of IQ—Intravascular Quarterly. Please share an idea, experience or ask a question via IQ; send your thoughts to AVA@avainfo.org. The AVA family is here to support you. Together we can endure, grow, and learn. AVA accomplished great things in 2021, and there are many more opportunities for 2022!
nursing, medical and allied health students. Professional education will continue through ISAVE That podcasts and webinars, the quarterly IQ, JAVA (Journal for the Association for Vascular Access), and AVA Academy CE courses. Now, more than ever, it is imperative for all clinicians
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to help everyone persevere and progress during the COVID pandemic. As we face another year with COVID, we are all working harder, facing new challenges, and seeing more complications. AVA wants to acknowledge your highs and lows and continue to strive for resolutions. We want to hear from you. Share with us your ideas, successes, defeats, and stories of survival, improvement, and inspiration. Together we can continue to grow and improve vascular access and provide highquality care to ALL patients. We are starting a member news column
Our goal in 2022 is to offer new clinical pathways for vascular clinicians to continue to grow and learn in order to provide evidencebased care to each patient. This year we will be promoting our ACE by AVA program and our the Fundamentals of Peripheral IV Access curriculum. ACE by AVA is a program that offers access to education, skill development and the ability to document competency for ultrasound-guided intravenous vascular insertions (USGPIV). The Fundamentals of PIV curriculum will continue to offer pre-licensure education to
to prioritize their own wellbeing! Start by regaining work-life joy by supporting each other as we face 2022 together with a stronger resolve and renewed sense of purpose. Rest assure that AVA will continue to support you. I want to thank you for all your efforts to preserve vascular access while providing each patient the proper access. Stay safe and healthy while you continue to Save That Line, Tonja Stevens
FEBRUARY 2022 | VOLUME XII | ISSUE 1
