SNEAK PEEK: AVASM22 SESSIONS

SNEAK PEEK: AVASM22 SESSION SUMMARIES

Amy Baxter, MD, FAAP, FACEP Clinical Associate Professor / CEO Augusta University / Pain Care Labs Atlanta, Georgia

Jamie Lorenc, BSN, RN, VA-BCTM Vascular Access and Phlebotomy Manager Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City, Missouri

WHAT A DECADE OF COLD/VIBRATION RESEARCH HAS TAUGHT US ABOUT VASCULAR ACCESS, PAIN, AND FAINTING

AMY BAXTER, MD, FAAP, FACEP

While we’re back in person this year, the COVID pandemic revealed how much needles matter and vaccine refusal impacts healthcare. At the same time, NIH funding for finding opioid alternatives has discovered how pain itself works in our brain, with an overlapping opportunity to improve pain relief for vascular access.

Over a decade of specific research on vibration and cold for multiple needle procedures has answered some controversies and curiosities. How much does cold help pain relief, and does temperature matter? Why does vibration reduce pain but massage doesn’t? What kind of distraction matters, and why? These discoveries impact vascular access comfort and success. Do certain procedures hurt more? Why do some people faint and what stops it? What pain management changes lab values and what doesn’t?

If you’ve ever enjoyed a good round of “um, actually,” this talk will give you plenty of fact cards to play. Extra bonus - fun new NIH research discoveries on brain connectomes, pain chaperone ligands, and why some pain becomes chronic. Great social currency for your next nerdy cocktail party discussions!

ESTABLISHING A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO IMPROVE PATIENT COMFORT DURING PICC LINE INSERTIONS

JAMIE LORENC, BSN, RN, VA-BCTM

Fear of needles is the most common fear in healthcare today, especially among children. This fear can lead anxiety, and an avoidance of healthcare into adulthood. This sessions will focus on how one pediatric hospital has decreased the pain, anxiety and stress related to PICC line insertions and significantly improved the comfort for their pediatric patients. 13

SNEAK PEEK: AVASM22 SESSION SUMMARIES

Nadine G. Nakazawa, RN, BSN, VA-BC™ Vascular Access Clinician Stanford Health Care San Carlos, California

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Marlene Steinheiser, PhD, RN, CRNI® Director of Clinical Education Infusion Nurses Society Gold Canyon, Arizona

Adele Webb, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN Executive Dean of Healthcare Initiatives Strategic Education, Inc. Wadsworth, Ohio

CHALLENGING VASCULAR ACCESS SITUATIONS

NADINE NAKAZAWA

I am speaking at a breakout session at the annual AVA Conference in Minneapolis in September. It will be so good to meet and see each other in person!

I have been a member of AVA since its founding in 1985 and I remain a passionate vascular access clinician. My session is entitled: Challenging Vascular

Access Situations. I will present several situations I or my colleagues have encountered that may be perplexing or require your specialized knowledge about all of vascular access in order to come to a solution or answer. This session is intended to stimulate your critical thinking and problem-solving skills as that is what your doctors, nurses and patients at your healthcare facility expect of you. Join me in exploring some interesting and challenging case studies!

SUPPORTING HARMONY AND RESILIENCE IN THE WORKPLACE

MARLENE STEINHEISER, PHD, RN, CRNI® ADELE WEBB, PHD, RN, FNAP, FAAN

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians suffered from workplace related stress. They dealt with stressful and emotional situations with sick patients and concerned family members, were exposed to suffering and death, endured physically demanding work, worked long hours and many times extra shifts, and risked exposure to hazardous materials and infectious diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified these existing challenges by adding elements such as fatigue, increased workload due to short staffing, and posttraumatic stress and anxiety related to patient care during the pandemic. As individuals, team members, and leaders in our clinician field, it is vital that we understand and recognize the impact of these challenges on mental health and identify ways to mitigate each one. Don’t miss the session titled “Supporting Harmony and Resilience in the Workplace” presented by Dr. Marlene Steinheiser, PhD, RN, CRNI®, Director of Clinical Education, Infusion Nurses Society and Dr. Adele Webb, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, Executive Dean of Healthcare Initiatives, Strategic Education, Inc., as we discuss openly the barriers to harmony and resilience in the workplace and identify factors that lead to harmony/resilience. Take away concrete ways to promote resilience as an individual clinician, team member and leader.