Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005
Difficult PICC Insertions
Difficult PICC Insertions
RN, BSN, OCN
Page Range: 66 – 67
Copyright: Copyright © 2005, ASSOCIATION FOR VASCULAR ACCESS. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Contributor Notes
Nadine Nakazawa, RN, BS, OCN, is the PICC Program Coordinator at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, California. She has been inserting PICCs for over 15 years, and using ultrasound for 4.5 years. The above discussion is purely her own opinion. She invites you to discuss these scenarios with your colleagues to see what their opinions and decisions might be.