Inside AVA: Notes from the Executive Team

INSIDE AVA:

NOTES FROM THE EXECUTIVE TEAM

This column allows the AVA Executive Team to keep you up to date on new member benefits on the horizon, our educational activities, AVA programs, services, advocacy, and other issues of interest. AVA is your professional home, and we always want to hear from you on how we can improve our services. Please email at cbrennan@avainfo.org and thutchison@avainfo.org. Cate Brennan, MBA, CAE | Chief Executive Officer and Tonya Hutchison, CAE | Chief Operations Officer

VASCULAR ACCESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHED!

After more than a year in development, the Vascular Access Education (VAE) partnership, featuring the B. Braun Fundamentals of Peripheral Intravenous Vascular Access™ curriculum has moved into the pilot stage and prepares for a full launch in Fall 2021! The VAE Program is open to all current pre-licensure students and the faculty that teach them. The package includes a one-year complimentary student/ faculty AVA membership as well as access to three semesters of peripheral intravascular curriculum.

The three-course comprehensive curriculum was developed by vascular access subject matter experts in the United States and internationally without influence from B. Braun. The curriculum will provide vascular access knowledge acquisition through online courses designed to increase the ability of healthcare professionals to insert, care for, and maintain peripheral venous catheters (PIVCs). The curriculum will be offered free-of-charge to pre-licensure associate or baccalaureate academic programs in nursing, medicine, advanced practice, respiratory therapy and other allied health professions. The curriculum was designed to fill a gap in knowledge on the placement, care and maintenance of PIVCs.

The curriculum includes three courses:

• AVA101, Fundamentals of Peripheral Vascular

Access

• AVA201, PIV Insertion and Intermediate

Concepts • AVA301, Advanced Topics in Peripheral

Vascular Access The curriculum includes three pre- and post-tests, student and instructor access to AVA’s learning management platform, periodic reports on student performance to instructor, and student certificate of completion. After passing all three courses, students will receive the AVA Certificate of Completion of Fundamentals of Peripheral Intravenous Vascular Access™ Certificate. AVA believes this certificate of added qualification will be in demand by employers.

For more information, please contact avaed@avainfo.org

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PEDIATRIC AND NEONATAL IV INSERTION FOR ALL CLINICIANS

The AVA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the publication of its newest position paper, Minimum Education and Training for Pediatric and Neonatal IV Insertion for all Clinicians. The paper was published in the Spring 2021 edition of JAVA. “Healthcare providers caring for pediatric patients require specialized education, training, and competencies for safe delivery of care. Blended learning strategies, which include evidence-based education and hands-on training, have been shown to be effective for initial and ongoing competency assessment. Establishing a vascular access curriculum to include patient assessment, vessel anatomy and physiology, proper device selection, vein selection, appropriate catheter size and length, imaging CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE