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Vascular Education for Infusion Nurses

Vascular access education from rural America for resource-limited settings everywhere, built on the literature and written for every clinician at the bedside.

Design by Northeast Louisiana Vascular Access Network (NELAVAN)

Video credits: Donner R, dir. Superman: The Movie. Warner Bros.; 1978. Music: “Call of the Champions” — Invani Celestial Score · McRaven WH. Commencement address. University of Texas at Austin; May 17, 2014. · Scott T, dir. Top Gun. Paramount Pictures; 1986.

NELAVAN

Northeast Louisiana Vascular Access Network: Louisiana’s first vascular access network, a Network of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA).

About the network

The PICCLE

The blog. Vascular access from The Parish Perspective, written for clinicians and the public alike.

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Resources

Standards, guidelines, podcasts, and videos for the clinician who wants to read the instructions.

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NELAVAN banner: The writing on the wall, can you read it? Mural of April Winborne and the NELAVAN alligator

April Winborne

MSN, APRN, FNP-C, IVTMC, CPUI, CRNI, CCRN, CVAA(c), VA-BC
President and Founder, Northeast Louisiana Vascular Access Network (NELAVAN)
A Network of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA)