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Extravasation: Optimizing Outcomes Through Standardized Care
Vesicant administration—and thus the risk of extravasation—occurs in most health care settings. Prevention and optimal management of extravasation injuries requires effective interprofessional collaboration and processes. This presentation will review one corporation’s journey to improve extravasation prevention, management. and outcome identification strategies through standardization of policy/procedure and vesicant list, optimizations of electronic documentation and incident reporting, and staff competency development in extravasation risk reduction and management.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, learners will be able to:
· Identify evidence-based strategies to improve extravasation prevention and management.
· Describe benefits of interprofessional collaboration in extravasation care.
· Identify strategies to develop extravasation related competencies.
Barb Nickel, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI®
Barb Nickel, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI®, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at a health care center in Nebraska. She is responsible for staff development, competency assessment, and process improvement to optimize outcomes in multiple areas of clinical practice, including critical care, infusion therapy, sepsis, and new graduate transition to practice. Ms Nickel was a co-author of the 2021 Infusion Nurses Society Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, was Chair of the 2024 9th edition of the INS Standards of Practice Committee and is chair of the 2027 INS Standards Committee. She has authored several publications and speaks nationally on optimization of infusion therapy outcomes. She also serves as Adjunct Research Fellow for Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
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