Providing CVC Care for Best Outcomes in the Intestinal Care Population
April 18, 2025
This course will review types of central lines and the care. Education will be reviewed that is needed for new patients/parents preparing to be discharged with a central line.
Target Audience
Nurse
Learning Objectives
Following the session:
- Participants will be able to identify the difference in caring for types of CVCs present in our ICare population.
- Participants will be able to demonstrate the expected standards of care for an ICare patient with sepsis.
- Participants will be able to explain the importance of preserving access in an ICare patient/ICare patient who is listed for transplant.
- Participants will be able to summarize education the bedside RN should be giving and reinforcing for new patients/patients discharging with a central line
UPMC: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
United States
Merel Duursma BSN,RN
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.75 contact hours.
Available Credit
- 0.75 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 0.75 Attendance

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