Supporting Patient Care Excellence Through Certification Pamela Jones McIntyre, MSN, RN, CRNI®, IgCN®, OCN, VA-BC, owner of the Expert Infusion Nurse Consulting, covers the standards of infusion and how they came about in order to better support patient care through Certification. Pamela provides insight and examples to help infusion clinicians understand the types of [...]
Creating a Frictionless Patient Experience Chris Cook, Vice President of Specialty Pharmacy and Jay Patel, Founder and CEO of Ivira Health share insights on patient experience, care coordination, revenue cycle management, working with payers, creating a company culture and contributing to the community on the WeInfuse podcast. Creating a [...]
With the holiday season quickly approaching, making sure your infusion center workflow is running efficiently and effectively is necessary. Scheduling slip-ups, inventory confusion and rising coronavirus cases only add to the already stressful infusion center workflow. Below are some best practices for making sure your team is ready to go this holiday season. [...]
Don't Fall Victim to Dubious Documentation By Kaitey Morgan RN, BSN, CRNI Director of Quality and Standards NICA As the saying goes: if it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done. This mantra is instilled in nurses throughout our education and training, and for good reason. Clear, accurate, timely documentation in [...]
Mary Alexander, CEO of the Infusion Nurses Society (INS), joins us to discuss the fundamentals of infusion therapy, standards of care and how INS provides resources and support to nurses and clinicians in the infusion industry. To learn more about INS and their mission, visit www.ins1.org. Follow on [...]
What Infusion Providers should know about the Drug Supply Chain Security Act and Track and Trace If you operate your own in-office infusion suite, or stand-alone infusion center, you already know that inventory management is a significant part of running a successful and profitable operation. Despite knowing this, at most infusion centers, medications are [...]
As a common guy and macho father of 2 young boys, I tend to have an "instructions optional" attitude about putting together new kid toys and the boxed furniture my beautiful bride brings home from IKEA. One of the few times I actually did read the instructions, I ended up with extra parts in [...]
The recipe for making a great nurse has always been knowledge combined with continued experience and a desire to never stop learning. For the modern infusion nurse, the ingredients for this recipe calls for a triple portion of knowledge and a heavy measure of flexibility. Infusion nursing has become a very specialized field in [...]
Flushing and locking vascular access devices (VADs) are 2 common procedures performed on patients receiving treatment in infusion centers. Flushing is the act of moving fluids, medications, blood, and blood components out of the VAD to ensure treatment delivery and assess for potency. Locking, on the other hand, is the installation of a solution [...]
As nurses, we want it to be correct! It must be clear, concise, comprehensive and complete. There are many new innovative technologies that have evolved over the years to improve both the accuracy and ease of prescribing medications. Electronic scripts, E-Prescribing, EMR's and pharmacy automation systems have greatly improved a medical provider's ability to prescribe [...]
